by Rhonda Abbott Blevins | Mar 5, 2013 | Opinion
“Pastor, we’ve got to do something,” implored the eager parishioner. “We have elderly church members driving at night because we don’t have a transportation ministry. It’s dangerous.” The plea came after one of our church...
by Robert Parham | Mar 5, 2013 | Opinion
The Tennessean ran a major story on the state’s overflowing prisons while EthicsDaily.com’s media producer, Cliff Vaughn, and I were in Virginia conducting interviews for our forthcoming documentary on the role of faith in prisons. As we interviewed Bon...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 4, 2013 | Opinion
OK, so there are no crackers, but here are three intriguing tidbits about animals. The first two I gathered from a mail list devoted to archaeology and ancient Near Eastern studies. The third I picked up from a David Stratton sermon illustration at Woodhaven Baptist...
by Jim Somerville | Mar 4, 2013 | Opinion
I’ve been looking through this morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. The big news is that the federal government is going to cut $85 billion in spending, beginning Saturday. It remains to be seen how those cuts will affect us locally or how much...
by Brock Ratcliff | Mar 4, 2013 | Opinion
In the Feb. 28 edition of The Wall Street Journal, filmmakers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett published an opinion column concerning the teaching of the Bible as history and literature in American public schools. The motivation behind their article is the premier of...
by Bob Newell | Mar 4, 2013 | Opinion
Some British scholars have long suspected that one of their former kings was buried beneath a modern parking lot. After much research by the University of Leicester, it was recently confirmed that, indeed, the remains unearthed there were those of Richard III...
