by John D. Pierce | Apr 24, 2010 | Opinion
Gerald Harris’ editorial titled “Breaking family ties painful, but sometimes necessary” in The Christian Index, official publication of the Georgia Baptist Convention, is condescending toward Mimi Walker, co-pastor of Druid Hills Baptist Church, specifically, and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 22, 2010 | Opinion
Charles L. Overby, chairman and CEO of the Freedom Forum and a staunch defender of the First Amendment, accepted the annual Judson-Rice award from Baptists Today April 22. The award luncheon was held at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.Overby has been...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 20, 2010 | Opinion
USA Today featured an article in late March on the way Millennials do faith and politics. I pulled it out, tucked it away and just read it again.The focus is on a Pew Research Center study showing that those born after 1980 — the first generation to come of age in the...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 17, 2010 | Opinion
Yikes! Dr. Tom Long of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology said recent studies have shown that sermons are getting longer for the first time in decades.It is hard to imagine, given the truth of the adage: The mind can only comprehend what the backside...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 15, 2010 | Opinion
After checking into my third consecutive hotel on the last leg of an 1,150-mile run up and down I-75, my primary goal was to hit the bed as soon as possible. Five days of talking, listening and driving had exhausted me.There was no mint nor chocolate on the pillow, as...
