by David Kerrigan | Oct 22, 2012 | Opinion
Heroes have been in the news recently. My attention was drawn to the story of Henry Langford, someone I hadn’t heard of until the 93-year-old’s death on Oct. 7 was reported in the religious newspapers. Langford supported the cause of racial equality in...
by Arthur Brown | Oct 22, 2012 | Opinion
As I have looked at various news articles over the last few weeks, it has struck me, yet again, how good we all are at apportioning blame on others while neglecting to ask questions about our own faults. Have you ever noticed that the trouble with “our...
by Robert Parham | Oct 22, 2012 | Opinion
Narratives – stories – shape how we see the world. Some narratives are informative and helpful; others are misleading and harmful. For example, the Bush administration advanced the narrative that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that it supported the 9/11...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 19, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce Some American Christians have nearly mastered the art of appearing foolish. And politics is the main stage where such grand performances are displayed. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal contained a presidential endorsement (sans candidate’s...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 19, 2012 | Opinion
When you want to see one of its members elected as president, apparently. For many years, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has steadfastly assigned cult status to Mormons (officially, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), but with an...
by Mike Parnell | Oct 19, 2012 | Opinion
An old Hollywood cliché has it that actors really want to direct. Ben Affleck is an actor who now directs. “Argo” is his third directorial effort, and I feel it is his best. The story is about how six employees from the U.S. embassy in Tehran escaped while...
