by Nathan Napier | Nov 10, 2014 | Opinion
Graduation commencements usually are not very memorable. We’ve all been to our fair share and precious few of us can remember much of what the honorary guest speaker, impassioned with conviction, told us that day. The 2008 graduation commencement at McAfee...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 9, 2014 | Opinion
Sunday was almost a rest day for pilgrims traveling in Israel and the West Bank with Baptists Today: we had only six destinations and all were in close proximity to the Sea of Galilee, known by its Hebrew name as Lake Kinneret because of it’s harp-like shape (the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 8, 2014 | Opinion
Forty-eight friends and supporters of the Baptists Today news journal are touring Israel and the West Bank for the next few days, enjoying the wonders of the land as well as the joy of making new friends. Some greeted the morning by watching the sun rise over the Sea...
by Dawn Hood-Patterson | Nov 7, 2014 | Opinion
Today is the day that the Dallas/Fort Worth area breathes a collective sigh of relief. Why? This is the last day of Ebola monitoring. For a few days it seemed that the cities were abuzz about Ebola. As a hospital chaplain in the area, I could not help but overhear...
by Robert Parham | Nov 7, 2014 | Opinion
The tectonic plates of politics shifted during the U.S. midterm elections. Republicans won decisive control of the U.S. Senate, winning states where only recently their prospects were doubtful. Republican control of the House of Representatives expanded. Republicans...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 6, 2014 | Opinion
With the elections over, Republicans are rejoicing and Democrats are licking their wounds while both parties prepare for the next round of fighting, just two years away. In the meantime, we thank God that the heartless prevarications posing as informative political...
