- 05/16/2013
How Long Will Liberals Defend President Obama
Most of us who watch television and read newspapers develop strong opinions on politics and religion. The question arises—how long will liberals and Democrats defend President Obama in these scandals?
Tags Barack Obama Politics - 03/30/2013
The Mixed Messages of Good Friday
At the close of each Sunday morning sermon we extended the invitation to come forward to repent, confess, and be baptized.
- 03/15/2013
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
In a letter from Eric Holder to Rand Paul it seemed clear that we have never used domestic drone attacks in America and have no intention to do so. However he did argue that the President had the authority to use drone strikes on an enemy combatant in national emergencies similar to attacks on Pearl Harbor or the World Trade Center buildings.
Tags Politics - 02/26/2013
State Legislatures Could Move Local School Funds
Tennessee enacted its first compulsory attendance law for public schools in 1905. The school year was adapted for traditional agricultural summer work schedules. With that also came an established curriculum of what children should learn at incremental age levels in grades one through twelve. Counties and cities established school districts governed by local elected or appointed school boards.
- 02/22/2013
Political Protocol at a Prayer Breakfast
Among the many things I have not done is attend a prayer breakfast. People I have known who organize and convene prayer breakfasts seem to be all white males who promote business ventures and political agendas. They seem to be more conservative and more Republican than my circle of fellow Christians.
- 02/12/2013
Fundamentalist Fear of Secular Knowledge
My high school senior class had twenty-three graduates. Attending college was the exception, not the norm. Our principal, Mr. Wallace called me into the office the day after I had been sick and absent from school for a day or two. He told me he had submitted my name for a scholarship to David Lipscomb College (now Lipscomb University). I don't know that I had seriously considered college. Lipscomb had a program of partial scholarships (one-third of tuition) available to students in small rural schools in Tennessee, offered to valedictorians, class presidents, and students involved in extra- curricular activities. Lipscomb's recruiter, Bob Mason, had visited the school while I was absent and Mr. Wallace had the filed the paperwork. Most of you know the rest of the story of my intermittent academia—one year at Lipscomb (1954-55), fifteen random hours at the University of Tennessee in Nashville (1970s), a degree from Middle Tennessee State (1957-1960) (1985-88), and additional courses at Lipscomb in philosophy and education (1998-2010).
Tags Politics - 02/08/2013
Christianity: A Lamb Among Wolves
Almost every time I post an essay on religion and ethics, I am challenged by someone who thinks I am implying that one cannot be a moral person or an ethical person unless he or she accepts only the Bible and Christianity for moral and ethical rules of behavior and for motivation for acts of benevolence. I will be challenged by an even greater number of readers who discredit secular ethics as only a teleological, results based, situational ethic without ideological absolutes for defining good.
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