August 27, 2012
As Americans pray, its federal congress hunkers down
It is appropriate on a national day of prayer, as declared by President Obama, to consider the purpose of prayer and the troublous lives of those who deny prayer …
August 27, 2012
Tennessee governor, the Presbyterian elder, knows his Calvin in vetoing Vandy bill
By David Tulis An announced veto by Gov. Bill Haslam pulls up short a bill that many Christians have reason to favor — one that puts Vanderbilt University in …
August 27, 2012
ISP defies government-backed players, seeks to serve small outfits
Government is thinking always of the consumer. How can our services be expanded to benefit members of the public? Is there any dysfunction in the marketplace that we can …
August 27, 2012
Biblical ideals should rise from each soul to affect world, Beckett says
Christianity, unlike Mohammadanism, is an internally transforming and culturally transforming claim upon individuals and upon institutions and cultures. It operates from within people and manifests itself in their outward …
August 27, 2012
Why the Internet won’t make my local newspaper go extinct
By David Tulis The crisis in the newspaper industry in recent years, particularly since the economic meltdown in September 2008, should prompt people who love their hometown paper to …
August 27, 2012
How a people grew mighty with many children during the worst distress
I know a Christian man who covenanted with the woman he was about to marry that they would have no children; the world is getting worse, and no faithful …
August 27, 2012
City’s military parade tells of honorable men, but many imperiled by iffy causes
On May 4 on a city avenue will appear a modest display of military might in the Armed Forces Day Parade, the 63rd such event that passes down Market …
August 27, 2012
Unkempt houses tell people we’d rather not be bothered with visitors
By David Tulis My son’s room is a mess. A clothes basket sits in the middle of the floor, piled high (these are clean), with other clothes nearby (reeking, …