by Tony W. Cartledge | May 18, 2015 | Opinion
Participants in the 2015 Campbell Divinity School Bible Lands Study Tour got more than they bargained for on Sunday, as our full day in the Old City happened to coincide with “Jerusalem Day.” The pictures below tell the story. Clearly, this was hurriedly...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 16, 2015 | Opinion
Today’s blog will be told in pictures and captions (the part people really want to see anyway, I know), as the Campbell Divinity School 2015 Bible Lands Study Tour ventured south to the Dead Sea … Some of us ventured to Ben Yehuda Street for some evening...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 15, 2015 | Opinion
One of the highlights of Campbell Divinity School’s 2015 study tour involves a place that’s low and dark: a “Dig for a Day” experience at Tel Mareshah in the Beth Guvrim National Park. Tel Mareshah is located just south of the Valley of Elah,...
by John D. Pierce | May 15, 2015 | Opinion
An admittedly snarky blog by John Pierce Over recent decades a major shift occurred within Southern Baptist Convention leadership. The emphasis moved from cooperation to control. Specifically, terms like “inerrancy” became code words for equating biblical allegiance...
by Lee Camp | May 15, 2015 | Opinion
Happiness is central to historical Christian faith and practice. But what does it look like and how should it be experienced? There are at least three common headings under which joy or happiness are often considered: 1. The experience of pleasures or delights,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 14, 2015 | Opinion
It started cool, warmed up, rained for a bit, got toasty, then turned downright chilly — that’s what happens when you travel from Capernaum on the north side of the Sea of Galilee to Beth Shean, then on down to Jericho (1,000 feet below sea level), and end...
