“I risked my life defending that right. If we are ever to actualize the true meaning of equality, effective measures such as the Voting Rights Act are still a necessary requirement of democracy.” Georgia U.S. Rep. John Lewis In commemoration of the 48th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” John Lewis, Vice President Joe Biden and a coalition of citizens and civil rights advocates, including representatives of the National Urban League, re-enacted the March 7, 1965 Selma…
The men and women of the Tennessee Department of Safety do an outstanding job of protecting our citizens every day. The department recently recognized several that have gone above and beyond the call of duty last year, including Nathan W. Hall, who was named Tennessee Highway Patrol 2012 Trooper of the Year. After a request for assistance from the Kingsport Police Department to join a search for a 15-year-old girl, Hall found her on a…
We have many students who are academically adept and can be compared unabashedly to their achieving peers nationally when rated on standardized and national tests. This can be attributed basically to parents who have personally guided their children, making sure they attend high performing schools and who have personally taken a vested role in working independently with their children. The truth of the matter is that many parents are looking for schools to single handedly…
Much of what is called ‘Christian teaching’ in today’s society emphasizes the way to emotional peace and physical comfort. How much of the gospel do you have? Perhaps just enough to make you happy, but not enough to get you addicted. Do you want enough gospel for you to learn to really hate covetousness and lust? Certainly you don’t want so much that you start to love your enemies, or have enough gospel to cause…
As we enter into this Lenten Season, we are reminded of the great sacrifice of Jesus Christ. It is a time of sacrifice and hope. Many of us are afraid to hope, because we are scared of disappointment. We are afraid that God will not follow through on his promise. This was the struggle of the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings 4:8-17. The Shunammite woman is described as a prominent, well-to-do woman who befriended the…
“…as it is written, “He who through faith is righteous shall live” (Romans 1:17). The seventh occurrences of ‘pistis/faith’ in Paul’s Letter, To The Romans. It is the prophet Habakkuk that Paul references now in furthering his development and understanding of ‘dikaios’. Counted among the Old Testament Twelve Books of The ‘Minor Prophets’, this is one of the most under(over)looked Biblical writings. Yet, Paul with his extensive knowledge of prophetic scripture uses ‘buried treasure’ to…
