by Joe LaGuardia | Oct 14, 2015 | Opinion
Many church visitors over the past two years found the congregation I pastor by our website. Our online presence appears to be a major draw for our guests, second only to personal invitations. If our experience is reflective of a larger trend, then it stands to reason...
by Roger Olson | Oct 14, 2015 | Opinion
One of the most famous questions ever asked in public of a public person was U.S. Army counsel Joseph Welch’s question to Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1954 during McCarthy’s anti-communist witch hunt in Congress. In total disgust, Welch asked McCarthy,...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 13, 2015 | Opinion
Global crises fill news headlines day after day. ISIS’ reign of terror in Iraq and Syria. The quasi-war in Ukraine. Boko Haram’s violent actions in Nigeria. Sectarian conflict in the Central African Republic. Brutal acts by al-Shabbab in Somalia. Political...
by Julie Ball | Oct 13, 2015 | Opinion
1 Kings 10:1-13 tells the story of the queen of Sheba. The queen was clearly a wise, rich and important figure. She went to the considerable trouble of loading up her entourage and a fortune in rare spices, precious jewels and other costly gifts for a trip to...
by Jim Kelsey | Oct 13, 2015 | Opinion
Your body’s immune system normally protects your body from disease and infection. But if you have an autoimmune disease, your body attacks healthy cells by mistake; your body declares war on itself. The human body is an integrated interdependent collection of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 12, 2015 | Opinion
I haven’t read Billy Graham’s latest book — advertised as the last one we can expect from the aged evangelist. By all reports, such as this one from the Religion News Service, it puts a lot of emphasis on hell as a literal, fiery place of everlasting...