by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 31, 2012 | Opinion
In an election year that has serious ramifications for the future of our country, is it too much to ask for candidates to tell the truth, or a reasonable facsimile thereof? The just-ended Republican National Convention may have set a record for spawning the most...
by Leroy Seat | Aug 31, 2012 | Opinion
Back in the 1970s, I heard my friend and colleague, Bob Culpepper, talk about his list of “top 10” movies. (Bob passed away earlier this month, and I wrote about him here.) After hearing about Bob’s list, and the movies on it, I soon made my own list...
by Michael Ruffin | Aug 31, 2012 | Opinion
I am a natural born U.S. citizen; I am practically a natural born Christian, too. I was, after all, born on U.S. soil to American parents who took me to church for the first time when I was 10 days old. My growing-up years were marked by a seemingly natural and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 31, 2012 | Opinion
Readers who aren’t on George Barna’s e-mail list might be interested to know of a recent series of surveys his organization has done on the views and feelings of Christian women. For the purposes of the telephone survey, which included 603 randomly chosen...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 30, 2012 | Opinion
My longtime friend and colleague Bruce Gourley owns the popular website yellowstone.net. He makes regular visits into Yellowstone National Park from his home in Bozeman, Montana. While visiting with Bruce earlier this week, he walked me along (and sometime off) some...
by Bill Wilson | Aug 30, 2012 | Opinion
The seasoned minister was addressing a group of young clergy about some of the lessons learned on the job. You know, the ones you can’t learn in graduate school or from a book. These are the ones that matter most. One of his most insightful moments was the day...