by Chuck Warnock | Feb 22, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series. Read part one here. Almost 50 years ago, a Baptist minister stood before a sea of hopeful people in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial to share the dream God had given him. On that day, Dr. Martin Luther King...
by Leroy Seat | Feb 22, 2012 | Opinion
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970 under President Nixon. According to its website, “The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.” Thanks to the EPA, we are all able to enjoy cleaner air,...
by Russell D. Moore | Feb 22, 2012 | Opinion
Kentucky, the state where I live, is abuzz these days with discussion over expanded gambling. The governor wants it, and conservative Christian groups don’t. This argument is hardly limited to Kentucky. I lived through it in my ancestral home on the Mississippi...
by Chuck Warnock | Feb 21, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series. I’ve been busy writing my dissertation on the church as a reconciling community. Two things are becoming more apparent to me each day that I research and write on this topic. First, the church’s...
by Robert Parham | Feb 21, 2012 | Opinion
Politicians often say, when speaking about immigration, that the undocumented must “get in line” if they want to be legally in the United States. What is unclear is what they mean by the line. “Those people that are here illegally today…should...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 20, 2012 | Opinion
Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre in “After Virtue” claimed that two of our culture’s emblematic professions are “the Manager” and “the Therapist.” The Manager is mostly concerned with technique – with turning raw material into...
