By Jeff Brumley For Christians who observed Epiphany on Sunday, Jan. 6, the holiday signified a formal end to the Christmas season and the world’s recognition of Jesus’ divinity. While it meant all of that to Baptist minister Don Flowers, for…
Three ways to spend Christmas book money
In 1500 Dutch humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus wrote to a friend, “When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” Thanks to gift cards from Amazon or Barnes and…
Redeeming fornication
By Bob Allen Christians lost more than just a word when they began substituting modern euphemisms like “premarital sex” for the old-fashioned sin of “fornication,” a Southern Baptist theologian said in a recent essay. Russell Moore, theology dean at Southern…
‘Les Misérables’ and reaching for grace
By Darrell Gwaltney In late November 1996, my wife and I attended Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Attending the play was such a transcendent experience for us we said we would never see…
‘Les Misérables’ and reaching for grace
By Darrell Gwaltney In late November 1996, my wife and I attended Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Attending the play was such a transcendent experience for us we said we would never see…
‘Les Misérables’ and reaching for grace
By Darrell Gwaltney In late November 1996, my wife and I attended Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Attending the play was such a transcendent experience for us we said we would never see…
‘Les Misérables’ and reaching for grace
By Darrell Gwaltney In late November 1996, my wife and I attended Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Attending the play was such a transcendent experience for us we said we would never see…
Idolatry and the AR-15
By Bill Leonard A Dec. 29 headline from Mediaite reads, “Gun Sales Soar following Newtown as Gun Advocates Rush to Stock Up.” Swamped with orders, one Idaho gun store manager was forced to disconnect his phones, because “We were swamped…
Idolatry and the AR-15
By Bill Leonard A Dec. 29 headline from Mediaite reads, “Gun Sales Soar following Newtown as Gun Advocates Rush to Stock Up.” Swamped with orders, one Idaho gun store manager was forced to disconnect his phones, because “We were swamped…
Idolatry and the AR-15
By Bill Leonard A Dec. 29 headline from Mediaite reads, “Gun Sales Soar Following Newtown as Gun Advocates Rush to Stock Up.” Swamped with orders, one Idaho gun store manager was forced to disconnect his phones, because “We were swamped…
Idolatry and the AR-15
By Bill Leonard A Dec. 29 headline from Mediaite reads, “Gun Sales Soar following Newtown as Gun Advocates Rush to Stock Up.” Swamped with orders, one Idaho gun store manager was forced to disconnect his phones, because “We were swamped…
Idolatry and the AR-15
By Bill Leonard A Dec. 29 headline from Mediaite reads, “Gun Sales Soar following Newtown as Gun Advocates Rush to Stock Up.” Swamped with orders, one Idaho gun store manager was forced to disconnect his phones, because “We were swamped…