by Michael Parnell | Sep 20, 2019 | Opinion
Hollywood seems to be only interested in the blockbuster. This did not just start. For years now, the only thing that studios want to present are movies that will make hundreds of millions of dollars. These event movies place the studios in a place where they are not...
by Chuck Summers | Sep 20, 2019 | Opinion
Anyone who knows me well knows I love our national parks. Hopefully, they also know how important my faith is to me. Recently, I came across a new book that encompasses both of these loves. It’s called “America’s Holy Ground: 61 Faithful Reflections on Our National...
by Drew Smith | Sep 20, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Oct. 14, 2010. At the time of publication, Smith was director of international programs at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. What is the role of the church in society? What does it mean for Christians to...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 19, 2019 | Opinion
Belief and faith do not offer immunity from suicide. Last week, Jarrid Wilson, a well-known evangelical pastor, ended his own life. Wilson, an associate pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, advocated for churches to help those struggling...
by Trevor Barton | Sep 19, 2019 | Opinion
Over half of the students I teach at my Title I elementary school in west Greenville, South Carolina, are from Mexico, Central America and South America. I love teaching them. I love them. The political winds of the last three years have blown against them. They are...
by Ken Sehested | Sep 18, 2019 | Opinion
We need to recognize, and adjust in appropriate ways, to the fact that we humans maintain a perverse fascination with disaster. I’ll leave it to psychologists to explain why precisely, but this habit is easily illustrated: from slowing down to view the scene of a...
