by Colin Harris | Aug 28, 2013 | Opinion
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the great “March on Washington” and its vivid demonstration of a public passion for racial justice that had been welling up for 10 years in what we know as the civil rights movement. Sung and unsung heroes had prayed and...
by Robert Parham | Aug 28, 2013 | Opinion
Doctors Without Borders announced on Saturday that its affiliated hospitals in the Damascus area had seen thousands of patients suffering from a chemical weapons attack with several hundred deaths. The group reported that the hospitals had “received...
by Brittany Riddle | Aug 27, 2013 | Opinion
After doing a little research, I recently replaced my office chair with a balance ball. I had heard many good things about the posture and health benefits they offered, but I wasn’t sure what to expect that first day when I sat on the balance ball while working...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Aug 27, 2013 | Opinion
I have spent the past three weeks in New Zealand, a land of spectacular beauty and rich in ecological diversity. Little wonder that, following the success of the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” filmmakers have been descending in droves to...
by David Brattston | Aug 27, 2013 | Opinion
In the model prayer Jesus offered his disciples, we are to pray: “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” (Matthew 6:12). Although we frequently utter this request, most Christians forget an important aspect to it: God requires...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 26, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce A fellow church member came into the coffee shop this morning. “Didn’t see you yesterday,” she said. “I was in Jasper, Ga.,” I replied. “What were you doing up there?” “Preaching at First Baptist Church....