by Brent McDougal | Dec 20, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Dec. 14, 2007. At the time of publication, McDougal was coordinator of Alabama Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. John Mayer’s song called “Waiting for the World to Change” has been in my head as I think about Christmas....
by John D. Pierce | Dec 19, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce, Executive Editor Our celebration of the coming of Christ brings such joy and hope. It reminds us that life has its fullest meaning in relationships beyond our daily tasks. Faith, however, is for more than a season. It is responding to the continuing...
by Mitch Randall | Dec 19, 2019 | Opinion
Like many of my fellow Americans, I watched the impeachment debate held on the floor of the United States House of Representatives yesterday. The debate unfolded quite like I anticipated, as Democrats argued for impeachment while Republicans offered opposition....
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 19, 2019 | Opinion
Christmas does not come just once a year. Jesus is not unpacked with the ornaments, a part of the tangled mass of colored lights. Christmas does not begin when we put up the Christmas tree. Neither pine needles nor the smell of cinnamon make it a reality. Jesus cannot...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 18, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce As a campus minister I would often warn students that if they are “too busy” to do good at that stage in life it will be an even easier excuse when they have full-time jobs and families. I was using that line again during a Bible study luncheon in...
by Nick Lear | Dec 18, 2019 | Opinion
The 2019 general election in the United Kingdom did not yield the result I was hoping and praying for. So, what do we do when elections don’t go our way? We can stomp around in an angry huff, complaining about fairness and how the election campaign was fought. That...
