by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 3, 2012 | Opinion
A few years ago, my wife and I were leading a study on the Beatitudes (a variation of the Latin word for “happy,” “fortunate” or “blessed”) of Jesus found in Matthew 5:1-12. When it came time to begin my sermon preparation for the...
by Ron Crawford | Oct 3, 2012 | Opinion
The 21st century is the age of hyperindividualism. We want what we want. Hyperindividualism is in the water we all drink, and its impact is pervasive in modern American life. Before we make a major purchase, we develop a list of features. We make extensive lists of...
by Ircel Harrison | Oct 2, 2012 | Opinion
When I was a youngster, my home church called Jim Tucker as director of education and promotion. Brother Tucker was a Christian educator. He directed all of our education programs, including Sunday school and Training Union, and was the lead person in outreach. (He...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 2, 2012 | Opinion
I recently had the chance to sit in on a day-long seminar at the fall meeting of the North Carolina Psychological Association. The topic should interest most anyone concerned with keeping families together in today’s electronic information age: it was...
by Sean Binkley | Oct 2, 2012 | Opinion
A few weeks ago, I left Cairo after living in Egypt for two years. I loved my time there. I worked first as a copywriter and editor, and then as an English teacher, living through the uprising that toppled former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and then Egypt’s...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 1, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce My daughters and I caught the movie Trouble with the Curve on Saturday — the day after attending the big celebration of Chipper Jones’ baseball career exclusively with the Atlanta Braves. I noted how Clint Eastwood’s character in the...
