by Omar Sacirbey | Jan 24, 2012 | News
(RNS) The recent outrage over a video allegedly showing U.S. Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters provided Americans with a disturbing reminder that war can reduce men to revenge-seeking brutality that defies human norms. It’s nothing new: the desecration...
by John Caniglia | Jan 13, 2012 | News
CLEVELAND (RNS) A federal judge Wednesday (Jan. 11) refused to release the leader of an Amish splinter sect from jail on charges he orchestrated the cutting of beards of Amish men over longstanding religious disagreements. Samuel Mullet Sr. and 11 others pleaded not...
by Randy Hyde | Sep 15, 2011 | General
A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor , Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., onSeptember 11, 2011 Psalm 119:33-40; Matthew 5:38-48 On this day of commemoration of the events that occurred ten years ago – can you believe it’s...
by Mitch Carnell | Sep 6, 2011 | Opinion
Carol and I left New York City on Sept. 2, 2001, after seeing “The Music Man” the night before on Broadway. Nothing could have prepared us for what lay ahead. “The Music Man” is about as American and apple pie as any show can be. It portrays...
by Bob Browning | Jan 12, 2010 | General
Sermon delivered by Bob Browning, pastor of Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, G.A., on January 10 2010. Matthew 3:13-17 “Let’s surprise them with compassion, restraint and generosity.” This was my favorite line from the movie, Invictus, which...