by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 12, 2013 | Opinion
People who pay attention to such things are aware that new pastors fail at an alarming rate. Why? Often, it’s because of a lack of skills or characteristics that seminaries either don’t teach, hardly teach, or really can’t teach, according to...
by Leroy Seat | Jul 12, 2013 | Opinion
He is no longer well known in the U.S., but there was a time, especially up to the early 1940s, when Toyohiko Kagawa was the best-known Japanese in America, except for Emperor Hirohito. Kagawa was born 125 years ago on July 10, 1888. Although sickly from the time he...
by Richard Wilson | Jul 12, 2013 | Opinion
When the author of the Gospel of Matthew gathered up the implications of the resurrection of Jesus, he created a multimedia mosaic of sight and sound (see Matthew 28:16-20). The implied panoramic view from an unnamed mountain in Galilee challenges the depth-of-field...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 11, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce During his recent trip to Africa, former President George W. Bush responded to a reporter’s question about the conflict or compatibility of gay marriage with his Christian faith by continuing his post-presidential plan to no longer weigh in on...
by Mike Massar | Jul 11, 2013 | Opinion
I have loved baseball all my life. It is a wonderful game with a rhythm of its own. It’s the only major sport where the game is played on its own time, which doesn’t designate a specific length of time, only innings. But more than that, there are so many...
by Colin Harris | Jul 11, 2013 | Opinion
For a couple of weeks, the image of Nik Wallenda walking a steel cable hundreds of feet above a canyon floor without the protection of a net or tether has been in my mind. I watched the live broadcast of the feat, complete with the dramatic buildup that included shots...
