by Robert Rhodes | Feb 8, 2002 | Opinion
With the Feb. 1 merger that created Mennonite Church USA, two prominent segments of America’s Anabaptist community have become one. But what is the variety of other Anabaptist churches like? Where do their priorities lie, and what could the future hold for them?...
by Johnny Lewis | Feb 8, 2002 | Opinion
Our youth group got a Sunday evening off during the Advent season. Rather than doing the usual youth Bible study the youth were invited to participate in the “adult” group. Only three of them showed up. In the middle of the first hymn, one of the youth...
by Steve Sumerel | Feb 7, 2002 | Opinion
In “The Sound of Music,” a group of nuns sings its way through a dilemma with a high-strung novice. “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria,” asks a series of questions designed to find ways to control her, while preserving the spirited...
by Dwight A. Moody | Feb 7, 2002 | Opinion
Drive an hour southwest of Knoxville, Tenn., and you come to a community with an interesting name: Friendsville. The name is not intended as a description of the people. Rather it connects them with an international network of Christians called the Society of Friends...
by Gary Furr | Feb 7, 2002 | Opinion
Two articles recently crossed my desk, both of which scolded churches and pastors for our relative silence about the Enron scandal. “Are we so numbed by scandal that we don’t care anymore?” asked the authors. “Are we so numbed by scandal that...
by Robert Parham | Feb 6, 2002 | Opinion
President Bush has pronounced a new ethic for America—”Let’s roll.” “For too long our culture has said, ‘If it feels good, do it.’ Now America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed: ‘Let’s roll,'” Bush said in...
