by Mike Massar | Apr 14, 2014 | Opinion
At a dinner for Nobel Prize winners, President John F. Kennedy gave a most clever and astute introduction. He said to that distinguished crowd, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the...
by Dennis Bickers | Apr 14, 2014 | Opinion
The new church planting strategy of many denominations focuses on large urban areas in an effort to reach the largest numbers of people. As more and more people are moving to the large cities, it makes sense that denominations will focus their church planting efforts...
by James Ellis III | Apr 11, 2014 | Opinion
Standing on the opposite side of what early Christians called “acedia” or sloth is the workaholic whose mind at the very least, and body often move compulsively. They function differently and, therefore, have unique individual and societal impacts, but, in...
by Chris Hall | Apr 11, 2014 | Opinion
Evangelism in countries where Christians are a minority has its challenges, but navigating the varying images of Jesus can be equally difficult where Christians are a majority. In Russia and Eastern Europe, despite a strong Orthodox tradition, most view Jesus from the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 10, 2014 | Opinion
A record was set April 9, though it didn’t make many headlines. A clay cylinder marking Nebuchadnezzar II’s reconstruction of a temple to Shamash (the sun God) in Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habbah, in Iraq) was auctioned by Doyle’s of New York for a...
by Michael Helms | Apr 10, 2014 | Opinion
When the Southern Baptist Convention’s future hung in the balance, the mantra from fundamentalist pulpits was that inerrancy should be defended for the sake of the gospel. If you didn’t believe in inerrancy, you didn’t believe the Bible. The fear of...
