by Colin Harris | Oct 19, 2012 | Opinion
We’ve all heard the testimonies – a life of poor judgment, bad choices, perhaps even heinous behavior – then a life-changing experience and a turn toward a better way. Often it seems the more negative the past, the more powerful the testimony. In other, more...
by Larry Greenfield | Oct 19, 2012 | Opinion
The rule – the operating assumption, that is – in a democratic republic is that everyone will vote for the candidate who will best advance that voter’s self-interest. It’s democracy because, supposedly, everyone gets to vote her or his self-interest, and,...
by Guy Sayles | Oct 18, 2012 | Opinion
Whether it’s the actual truth or not, when someone asks, “How are you doing?” we’re most likely to answer, “Fine.” My guess is that our next most common responses are “busy” and “tired.” Almost 20 years ago,...
by Ircel Harrison | Oct 18, 2012 | Opinion
Throughout Christian history, individuals have discovered unmet needs and stepped forward to create new strategies to meet those needs. Such efforts have given birth to monastic orders, mission boards, parachurch ministries and benevolence ministries that often stand...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 18, 2012 | Opinion
Though included in the Revised Common Lectionary, Luke 6:24-26 is a text rarely read in private, much less proclaimed from pulpits. Luke 6:20-23 presents the familiar and comforting parallel to Jesus’ blessings in Matthew 5:1-12, but then Luke 6:24-26 confronts...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 17, 2012 | Opinion
If you’ve ever been inclined to give up or felt too low to grow, take heart from Methuselah — not the guy from Genesis who reportedly lived to be 969 years old (Gen. 5:21-27), but his namesake, a six-year-old Judean date palm tree that was sprouted from a...
