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 1, 2020 | Opinion
The late Grand Ole Opry host Roy Acuff used to tell performers, “Sing the one that got you here.” He knew the Opry crowd wanted to hear the hits and sing along with the familiar words. However, if no one ever sang a new song, there’d be no new hits to become classics....
by Tony Cartledge | Jun 17, 2015 | Opinion
There’s nothing like a detour when you have your mind set on going somewhere. Detours slow you down. They might frustrate you. Then again, they might afford the opportunity to see something new. All of those came into play as Susan and I made our way to Dallas...
by Tony Cartledge | Nov 11, 2014 | Opinion
Friends and supporters of Baptists Today traveling in Israel and the West Bank worked their way from old to oldest today. We began with a stop at two relatively new churches (less than 100 years old) built over older sanctuaries or traditional sites. The German Church...
by Tony Cartledge | Jul 31, 2014 | Opinion
The Baptist Today website, newly remodeled less than a year ago, has some new features that many readers have yet to discover, so I want to point out two of them. The first is a “Weekly Photo,” a picture of the week submitted by one of our readers....
