by John D. Pierce | Aug 6, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce Two weeks ago my left wrist was surgically repaired with a plate and four screws. Running and slipping on a wet, grassy hill was not the wisest decision of my life. However, having my first broken bone now has me feeling rather fortunate —...
by Chuck Warnock | Aug 6, 2013 | Opinion
The challenge for Christians is to continue to follow Christ long after our initial profession of faith in him. Doing so must be hard because thousands of books have been written about how to faithfully follow Jesus as a disciple. The apostle Paul helps us discern how...
by Leroy Seat | Aug 6, 2013 | Opinion
Today is the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Six-year-old Keiji Nakazawa was on his way to school in Hiroshima when the bomb exploded at 8:15 on that hot August morning in 1945. Even though his father, older sister and younger brother all were...
by Dennis Bickers | Aug 6, 2013 | Opinion
“Breaking News: Pastor accepts call to a smaller church!” That’s not a headline you see very often. Most pastors nearly always are called to a larger church than the one they are leaving. Recently, I had lunch with one who accepted a call to a much...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 5, 2013 | Opinion
In a surprising turn of events, Israeli officials who tried for 10 years to have a stone Hebrew inscription declared a forgery have now filed suit to keep it because it is an “antiquity.” The artifact, known as the “Jehoash Inscription,” is a...
by Drew Smith | Aug 4, 2013 | Opinion
Soon after announcing that the kingdom of God is near in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus called his disciples. While Jesus was certainly calling individuals to follow him, he was always calling them into a community in which they were to find a new way of existing in the...
