by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 1, 2009 | Opinion
The New Year is here, but I’m not inclined to reflect much on the past annum, which was loaded with big stories, or to prognosticate much about the coming year, which many folks have done, including Johnny Pierce.Some things take no prophetic ability: lots of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 30, 2008 | Opinion
While executive editor Johnny Pierce takes a few days off, I’ll be posting an extra blog or two. Today I thought I’d point to some important archaeological finds that may not make it into the popular press.In Israel, where Israel has chosen to pound the...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 27, 2008 | Opinion
The late sportscaster Skip Carey had the same response to any question involving speculation about the outcome of a yet-to-occur competition: “That’s why they play the game.”Yet speculation is not soothsaying (that suggests one can see into the...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 24, 2008 | Opinion
“Come to Bethlehem and seeChrist Whose birth the angels sing;Come, adore on bended knee,Christ the Lord, the newborn King.”[Art by Rembrandt; words from “Angels We Have Heard on High”] John D. PierceDirector of the Jesus Worldview Initiative at...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 23, 2008 | Opinion
My first realization of how media technology is changing came in 1999. Word reached The Christian Index office in Atlanta (where I was managing editor) that pastoral care pioneer Wayne Oates had died in Louisville.It would be a story that our staff would edit and...
