by Jan Turrentine | May 2, 2003 | Opinion
Editor’s note: What follows is a supplement for teachers of Courageous Churches, the newest online curriculum from Acacia Resources. Each Friday, curriculum editor Jan Turrentine offers illustrations, insights and tips for the next lesson in the series....
by Mike Parnell | May 1, 2003 | Opinion
Adam Sandler made one of the best movies of last year in “Punch Drunk Love.” It helped many of us better understand the characters he has played in his other movies. It also gave him a wonderful opportunity to say goodbye to those characters and branch out...
by James L. Evans | Apr 30, 2003 | Opinion
Nearly every evangelistic sermon includes at some point a reference to Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” As part of an evangelistic appeal, this verse is intended to convey to non-Christians the reality of their sinful...
by Bo Prosser | Apr 30, 2003 | Opinion
Clout: what is it, who has it and how do we get it? All these questions and more are wrapped up in this insightful book by Stephen Graves and Thomas Addington. The book begins with the story of a father’s funeral: “At the end of his life … no one had come...
by Doug Weaver | Apr 29, 2003 | Opinion
In ethics and history courses this year, I have asked students about the (Confederate) flag and their response as Christians in the South. We heard all the ‘pat’ arguments, but none compared to the story of Joy, an African-American student. One day, my son...
by James L. Evans | Apr 28, 2003 | Opinion
The western world was dominated for centuries by an idea known as “the divine right of kings.” The idea that kings rule on earth as God’s representatives comes from the Apostle Paul who wrote: “Let every person be subject to the governing...
