by Larry Greenfield | May 10, 2013 | Opinion
The Dow breaks 15,000! Whoopee! Let’s break out the bubbly and start the march toward 16,000. I can’t help fantasizing about what this will mean for my retirement accounts. You too? But is everybody cheering? Is everybody looking ahead to a new high? Are...
by Robert Parham | May 10, 2013 | Opinion
Where are the lines of separation in the continuum that moves from impatience to patience to passivity? If patience is a virtue to which Christians aspire, then impatience – on one side – and passivity – on the other side – are temptations to which Christians often...
by John D. Pierce | May 9, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce My recollections of the civil rights movement of the ’60s are rather limited. I was sheltered from much of the reality and shaped by a social context that placed blame solely on “troublemakers” like Martin Luther King Jr. Living in a...
by Jesse Wheeler | May 9, 2013 | Opinion
A number of years ago, a dearly beloved relative of mine felt compelled to ask: “Is ‘Allah’ God?” This question took me by surprise, for I felt as though my evangelical credentials were being put on trial. However, I have come to understand...
by Guy Sayles | May 9, 2013 | Opinion
“My church is just like family to me,” the middle-aged man said. “I feel closer to the people in our church than I do to my own brothers and sisters. I just don’t know what I’d do without them.” A lot of people use family language...
by Terrell Carter | May 9, 2013 | Opinion
Unfortunately, scandals involving the abuse of authority by leaders in churches seem to be occurring on a more frequent basis. Pastoral abuse of any form – whether it is emotional, psychological, social, physical, financial or sexual – occurs when pastors overstep...
