by John D. Pierce | May 13, 2008 | Opinion
Southwestern Baptist Seminary President Paige Patterson, one of the architects of the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, got downright defensive about reports showing the SBC in decline and fellow Southern Baptists’ suggestions that the...
by John D. Pierce | May 10, 2008 | Opinion
Julio Franco didn’t reach his goal, but I’m still impressed. He retired from baseball at age 49. Franco had set a goal of playing major league baseball at the age of 50. He didn’t quite make it.Yet, last year with the Atlanta Braves, he became the...
by John D. Pierce | May 8, 2008 | Opinion
The staggering tragedy in Myanmar (Burma) continues to unfold. Some estimate the death toll could climb from more 20,000 to 100,000. The Burmese people have a special place in the hearts of Baptists. The first U.S overseas missionaries — Adoniram and Ann Hasseltine...
by John D. Pierce | May 6, 2008 | Opinion
Delegates to the United Methodist Church General Conference held recently in Fort Worth, Texas, debated — among other things — the role of pastors in determining someone’s readiness for membership.The issue, according to a Religion News Service report, was...
by John D. Pierce | May 3, 2008 | Opinion
This will be brief. A quick return to writing and editing awaits me. Deadlines know no difference between weekends and weekdays. But I am not complaining.I like the flexibility and challenges of demand-based work over punching a time clock.Yet such a way of living and...
