by John D. Pierce | May 4, 2021 | Opinion
My great-grandfather, Calvin Berry Pierce, was a strapping man who wasn’t particularly patient, so my dad told me during one of our front porch conversations many years ago. Therefore, I’m living proof that a less-than-positive trait can travel at least four...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 26, 2021 | News
President Biden, like President Obama, is most popular among U.S. adults claiming no religious affiliation, according to a Gallup report published April 9. A strong majority (71%) of “nones” approve “of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president,” compared to...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 23, 2021 | Opinion
American evangelicals love to love — at times, quite widely. They give generously to “foreign missions,” with hope some unknown, lost souls in faraway lands will be rescued from eternal damnation. Many will take a trip — and pay their own expenses — to help dig a well...
by Samuel C. Still | Mar 17, 2021 | Opinion
The American evangelical church still does not know what to do with grief. This ignorance is a result of uninformed, immature theological reflection on grief that results in clumsy and harmful pastoral care practices among both clergy and laypeople. More often than...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 9, 2021 | Opinion
Some Christians delight in keeping the clubhouse of faith well guarded. They insist that only those who respond properly to their multi-step “plan of salvation” are heaven bound. All others are apostate and likely reprobate. Recently, however, some of these...
