by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 3, 2017 | Opinion
Archaeologists in the southernmost stretch of the Wadi Arabah recently uncovered a surprising find — clods of 3,000-year-old donkey dung in an amazing state of preservation. The ancient ordure was found piled against the inside of a fortified wall near the...
by Elijah Brown | Apr 3, 2017 | Opinion
Genocide continues to rumble forward in Darfur. Despite the fact that these grisly atrocities were the first in the history of the United States to be recognized as genocide while they were unfolding, today powers around the world are turning a blind eye and rolling...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 1, 2017 | Opinion
“Tweet others as you would like to be tweeted” sparked one of countless smiles shared by participants gathered for the Annual Gathering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC), meeting at First Baptist Church of Hickory, NC....
by Bill Wilson | Mar 31, 2017 | Opinion
Building a congregation’s life around a clear vision and purpose is an easy thing to believe in. Aligning that purpose with biblical teaching and witness is an agreeable notion. I seldom encounter a leader or leadership group who resists the idea that the path...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Mar 31, 2017 | Opinion
A fountain in Washington Park in Albany, New York, offers insight and perspective for local churches. When I first visited, I noticed the beautiful statuary all around the fountain’s center. From a distance, I wondered if it was Poseidon with his trident...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 30, 2017 | Opinion
Immigration has been called “the oldest and most persistent theme” in U.S. history. Samuel Eliot Morison and Henry Steele Commager, two prominent 20th-century historians, offered this observation in their book, “The Growth of the American...
