by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 28, 2012 | Opinion
King Croesus (pronounced “kree-sus”) and his riches are still making news. Oh, you didn’t know about Croesus? Join the crowd. AFP/Getty ImagesCroesus was the king of Lydia during its heyday in the sixth century, BCE, when it comprised much of the...
by Tony Peck | Nov 28, 2012 | Opinion
It has been hard to watch again an escalation of the ongoing tragedy which is Gaza. One of the three Christian churches in Gaza is a Baptist church and a member of the Evangelical Council of Local Baptist Churches in the Holy Land, which is itself a member of the...
by Trey Lyon | Nov 28, 2012 | Opinion
Anne Lamott infamously said, “The most powerful sermon in the world are the words ‘me too.'” I read those words once – I also read them in Rob Bell’s book “Velvet Elvis,” which is fitting because I recently found myself settling...
by Tim Jones | Nov 28, 2012 | Opinion
At the start of her Jubilee year, the Queen of England said to a meeting of faith leaders “the concept of a Jubilee is rooted in the Bible.” She failed to mention that a biblical jubilee has nothing to do with celebrating a monarch’s reign, but was a...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 27, 2012 | Opinion
Ochs Museum, Lookout Mtn, TN, by JDPBy John Pierce Ink got into my blood later than most who work in journalism. It was an unplanned, unanticipated second-career move — and it came at the beginning of unprecedented changes in communication technology. Even using...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Nov 27, 2012 | Opinion
In 2006, political and economic commentator Kevin Phillips published a lengthy book, “American Theocracy,” setting forth three predominant problems he believed were threatening the U.S. position as a leading world power. These issues – revealed in the...
