by Barry Howard | Mar 1, 2002 | Opinion
Laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect you against a heart attack, according to a new study by cardiologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. “The old saying that ‘laughter is the best medicine,’...
by Doug Weaver | Mar 1, 2002 | Opinion
“Don’t drink, smoke or chew, or go with girls who do.” The social ethics of many Baptists have revolved around “total abstinence” or “teetotalism.” It was that way at my Baptist house. Of course history is not so simple....
by Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mar 1, 2002 | Opinion
LONDON – Dancers weave through pulsating light to the throb of the in-house band, Xcommunicated, at Club X in the Irish city of Cork. The X is not the “adults-only” variety but the Greek letter chi, a symbol for Christ. “Club X isn’t a...
by Frank Granger | Feb 28, 2002 | Opinion
Symbols of Faith is a teaching resource. The book, by Marcia Joslin Stoner, contains 67 symbols of Christian faith, including symbols of the seasons such as Advent, Lent and Easter, 10 different crosses, and the shield symbols for the 12 disciples. Various other...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 28, 2002 | Opinion
“Behind Enemy Lines.” “Black Hawk Down.” “Hart’s War.” And now “We Were Soldiers.” Soon we’ll be watching a spoof called “We Were Soldiers Behind Enemy Lines When Hart’s War Took Black Hawk...
by Dwight A. Moody | Feb 27, 2002 | Opinion
The Bible is a man’s book. How can a book “of the men” and “by the men” be anything other than “for the men”? Moses, David, Jesus and Paul are a few men whose stories fill the biblical text. Women like Rebecca, Esther and Mary...
