by John D. Pierce | Jan 10, 2023 | Christian Nationalism, Jesus Worldview Initiative, Opinion
Pulitzer Prize winning author Jon Meacham recently said: “People don’t like being told they are wrong.” Defensiveness often accompanies being proven wrong as well. Many prefer comfortable untruth to uncomfortable truth. Since being told or proven to be wrong is not...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 13, 2022 | Opinion
The American Civil War seemed further away timewise than it was when I was growing up. But the physical proximity was vividly close. My entrance into the world occurred on the northern edge of the Chickamauga Battlefield. Its once bloody soil had turned to green...
by Angela Grant | May 19, 2022 | News
History is the version of events that is written down after careful consideration, while memory is a collection of feelings and mental images which, though not recorded, might still be worthy of reflection. This raises a question: What is a statue that is based on an...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 26, 2020 | Opinion
The initial rush of removing Confederate statues has passed, but the cat is out of the bag and remains on the hunt. Critics of white supremacy have found satisfaction in the movement, while supporters complain that activists are out to erase history. We’ve been...
by Michael Cheuk | Jul 30, 2020 | Opinion
Charlottesville, Virginia, was buzzing in 2017 with talk about the possibility of removing Confederate monuments in the city. At first, I was ambivalent. On the one hand, I had no interest in valorizing Confederate heroes like Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall”...
