by John D. Pierce | Aug 9, 2011 | Opinion
Dr. Virginia Connally (left) and friend Janet Erwin in England’s Coventry Cathedral in 2005.By John Pierce Virginia Boyd Connally, M.D., is my 98-year-old friend in Abilene, Texas. She is simply remarkable. I got to know Dr. Connally while touring England...
by Reggie Warren | Aug 9, 2011 | Opinion
Harold Camping’s prediction that the end of time would come this past May 21 is thankfully fading from memory. However, most of us know it is but a matter of time before we will be fielding questions that result from the prophecies, prognostications and...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Aug 9, 2011 | Opinion
When Standard & Poor’s publicized its downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, the response was as expected as it was tragic – endless finger pointing. TheObamaadministration and U.S. Treasury Department blamed S&P, citing inaccurate accounting and hasty...
by Robert Parham | Aug 9, 2011 | Opinion
The anti-Sharia crowd is “crazy,” according to New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who has been criticized for naming Sohail Mohammed, a Muslim attorney, to the state’s superior court. “Sharia law has nothing to do with this at all....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 8, 2011 | Opinion
Reading the newspaper or listening to the radio is getting harder these days, and a line from Don McLean’s “American Pie” keeps running through my head: “Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn’t take one more step …” There’s...
by Drew Smith | Aug 8, 2011 | Opinion
I took several courses in sermon preparation while at college and seminary. These courses, at least at the introductory level, taught students the mechanics of sermon preparation and delivery. Despite what some church folks might think, sermon preparation requires...
