by John D. Pierce | Mar 16, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Let’s be honest. A lot of purported group Bible study is little more than reading a few verses and asking, “What do you think?” Often the resulting conversation moves quickly from the biblical revelation to the reinforcement of whatever opinions were...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 11, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce In recent years I’ve spent a good bit of time visiting daughters (or dawghters, as I call them) at the University of Georgia. [I’ll split the proceeds with any lawyer friend who wants to trademark that term.] Their tenures at UGA were separated by...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 8, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Among the numerous emails that land in my box each day are occasional ones from an older man in Virginia continually touting the evils of homosexuality and dispensing misinformation. He needs another hobby. Like many older persons, and a good number...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 2, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Congratulations to author Cynthia Wise Mitchell, and the history committee and congregation of Vestavia Hills Baptist Church in Birmingham, on the publishing of this beautiful volume that commemorates 60 years of faithful service. Nurturing Faith is...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 27, 2017 | Opinion
A review by John D. Pierce The Good Book is a good book about the Good Book. For those not raised on Sword Drills and Sunday school, it is an especially helpful resource for how to approach the Bible, which author Deron Spoo notes can be intimidating and “notoriously...
