by John D. Pierce | Dec 10, 2011 | Opinion
Photo by John Pierce. Calvary Baptist Church in Denver, Colo.By John Pierce The strumming theologian Bocephus penned: “If heaven ain’t a lot like Dixie, I don’t wanna go. If heaven ain’t a lot like Dixie, I’d just as soon stay home. If...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 9, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Yesterday I received a phone call from a man who couldn’t give financially to support Baptists Today at this time but wanted me to know why. He expressed deep appreciation for the news journal, but shared that his wife’s extended poor health...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 9, 2011 | Opinion
I love it. The journal Science reports today on University of Chicago research showing that rats are capable of empathy — or something. The experiment demonstrated that, when two rats were put in a large cage, and one of the rats was confined to a tight...
by Mike Parnell | Dec 9, 2011 | Opinion
“Hugo” is a love letter to the movies, Martin Scorsese’s ode to all that flickers on the silver screen. Set in the 1920s, “Hugo” tells of young Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield), a boy that lives in a train station. How he gets there is told...
by Larry Greenfield | Dec 9, 2011 | Opinion
Very few things spark my ire more quickly, and then manage to sustain that anger longer, than TV commercials. Most of them are inane, but there are exceptions. A few ads cause me to smile and sometimes laugh out loud. Even more rarely, one will stir the imagination or...
by James L. Evans | Dec 9, 2011 | Opinion
During my freshman year of college, our English professor overheard two students discussing the upcoming Iron Bowl. Each of the students expressed undying confidence in their team’s ability to win the big game. Finally, as the debate reached a stalemate, one of...
