by John D. Pierce | Mar 13, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Cousin Pearl would call my mother to express her high anxiety over “the way things are going.” Her alarm was not surprising; she was getting old and spending too much time watching daytime television. My mother would listen to her long lament, then...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 27, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Just when you think most of the damage is done there arises those who blend their narrow theology and narrow political ideology into yet another poisonous stew. Such mixtures have fed discrimination, arrogance and hostilities for much, much too long....
by John D. Pierce | Feb 22, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Christianity, along with other faith traditions, is often soiled by the abuse of power, harsh legalism, and the accommodation and even advocacy of racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. Religious faith often looks very ugly. Martin Thielen...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 19, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce In my sermon last Sunday to Macon’s Vineville Baptist Church, titled “This is not Walmart,” we considered the ways engagement in church is (or should be) distinct from all other experiences. The early church leader Paul’s exasperation with some...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 3, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Two recent studies have stirred conversations about the most “Bible-minded” cities in the U.S. Topping the two lists are places where large chunks of my life have been spent: Chattanooga and Atlanta. The American Bible Society, in a survey conducted by...
