by Ircel Harrison | Jan 2, 2013 | Opinion
Several years ago, I made this challenge to the ministers with whom I worked. “How can you make yourself indispensable this year?” My challenge was predicated on the idea that they should discover something that they offered to students, churches and other...
by Alex Baker | Jan 2, 2013 | Opinion
Having recently enjoyed the fantasy spy world of “Skyfall,” here follows a far more down-to-earth portrayal of espionage in “Argo” (directed by and starring Ben Affleck). This time, however, instead of tuxedos and Aston Martins, we have...
by Leroy Seat | Jan 1, 2013 | Opinion
“Southern Baptists have only one saint and her name is Lottie Moon.” So wrote Texas pastor Chuck Warnock in his fine review of Regina D. Sullivan’s book “Lottie Moon: A Southern Baptist Missionary to China in History and Legend” (2011). ...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 31, 2012 | Opinion
So, if I’m standing on the edge of a precipice and being pushed from behind with oblivion below, why do I not feel the queasy sensation of adrenaline pumping, or at least some vertiginous unease? Maybe it’s because the “fiscal cliff”...
by Michael Helms | Dec 31, 2012 | Opinion
I often hear people say that the reason for our country’s moral decline is because we can’t read the Bible in the classrooms and because we took prayer out of the schools. Recently, former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee was...
by Colin Harris | Dec 31, 2012 | Opinion
The realities of good and evil are powerfully evident in our time, as in most others; the conflicting messages from Christmas (“peace on earth”) and from horrific tragedy (Newtown, Conn.) remind us that the world we sing about in this season and the world...
