by John D. Pierce | Jan 19, 2021 | Opinion
The redefinition of Americanized Christianity from a primary call to follow Jesus to a fear-based ideology has solidified during the highly divisive political activities of recent years. To accomplish this fuller evangelical evolution, words had to change meanings....
by Lee B. Spitzer | Jan 8, 2021 | Opinion
As an evangelical Baptist clergy person and American citizen, I believe in free speech and peaceful demonstrations, but I emphatically oppose and condemn the attempted insurrection and occupation of the Capitol building that occurred on Jan. 6, 2021. The irresponsible...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 29, 2020 | Opinion
Focus on the Family founding president James Dobson’s post-election reflection was quite the lament. He took the loss by the incumbent president very personally. For Dobson and other religious-right attention-seekers – often courted by conservative politicians to...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 28, 2020 | News
White evangelical Protestants in the U.S. are outliers when it comes to their views of the global pandemic, according to a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) report published Dec. 17. Each of the nine religious groupings surveyed rated the COVID-19 pandemic as...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 15, 2020 | Opinion
It was in Ms. Beverly Postell’s psychology class at Ringgold High School in northwest Georgia that I first learned the concept of “projection.” This psychological defense mechanism was easy to understand. The most common example was that of someone coming home from...
