by John D. Pierce | Aug 11, 2020 | Opinion
The so-called Moral Majority was roaring to life in the early ’80s. Its loudest mouthpiece, Jerry Falwell (the original version), was bringing his show to metro Atlanta where I served as a young campus minister. Conservative pastors and other church leaders were abuzz...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 4, 2020 | Opinion
Just past its midpoint, year 2020 has assured us already of its destructive and lasting impact. It came without an appointment and stands out unlike any other year most of us have known. What was expected to be a rough spring continues producing trauma into the...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 31, 2020 | Opinion
Jesus wants his followers to believe. But not everything. If discernment is lacking, even when faith is strong, the result is advancement of bad news rather than the good news we have been charged to share. It doesn’t matter how firm one’s faith might be if its public...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 28, 2020 | Opinion
Willie Nelson wrote a song called “Three Days,” which Faron Young made into a hit in 1962. It’s a “hurtin’ song” about lost love. “Three days filled with tears and sorrow – yesterday, today and tomorrow. And it does no good to hope these days will end ’cause the same...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 20, 2020 | Opinion
It was December 1986, and my daily joy was to help show some international students around Atlanta during their Christmas break. People around the world tend to associate the city with three things: Coca-Cola, CNN and Martin Luther King Jr. The World of Coke had not...
