by Gary Farley | Oct 15, 2003 | Opinion
The last Sunday in September, I traveled to represent the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission at the 100th anniversary of the founding of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. It was not an easy place to find. A small brick building with a cemetery at its side, the crowd was...
by Bo Prosser | Oct 14, 2003 | Opinion
John Claypool, visiting professor of homiletics at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology, has delivered another classic in The Hopeful Heart. Claypool is no stranger to understanding the “hopeful heart.” He shares his own journey of heartache...
by Michael J. Brooks | Oct 14, 2003 | Opinion
Tourists en route to Plains, Ga., on State Highway 41 are often surprised to see former President Jimmy Carter mowing the lawn or gathering fallen pecan limbs at the Maranatha Baptist Church, a contingent of Secret Service agents nearby. Inside, Rosalyn Carter is...
by Pam Durso | Oct 13, 2003 | Opinion
Few people seem to be celebrating the 300th anniversary of Jonathan Edwards’ birth. At least I wasn’t invited to any parties, nor did I hear of any great festivities on Oct. 5, the day he was born in 1703. The lack of excitement about this milestone in...
by Robert Parham | Oct 11, 2003 | Opinion
Pat Robertson is shameless. He’ll say anything. He’ll even advocate blowing up the U.S. State Department. Interviewing the author of an anti-U.S. State Department book on the “700 Club,” Robertson said: “I read your book. When you get...
by Jan Turrentine | Oct 10, 2003 | Opinion
Several years ago, a member of my Sunday school class laughed as she commented on her very young daughter’s upcoming baptism. “I think she’s only doing it so she can wear the robe,” she said. “She’s always liked dressing up and...
