Breaking News

Columnists

Ask Augustine

You often mention John Calvin in your columns. Would you give a brief summary of the last months of his life and include why you hold him in such regard. John Calvin was born on July 10, 1509 and died May 27, 1563. He was a Protestant reformer who was greatly influenced by the writings of St. Augustine. He spent half of his life in the ministry and suffered from many serious illnesses; but the one that ultimately killed him was tuberculosis. Strangely, and prematurely, in the year 1551, the cannons of the cathedral of Noyon, France celebrated in solemn procession the death of that ...

Back to school, ready for anything: Safety and emergency preparedness in Marshall County

Fall is back-to-school time in Marshall County. Families are waking up earlier to get ready for the day. Students are introducing themselves to new teachers. Buses are rumbling down the roads again. Parking lots at our schools are filling up. It's an exciting time of year, but it's also a time for everyone to take a deep breath, slow down and pay attention. Let's all cut each other a little slack, too. Back-to-school safety is everyone’s job. It’s not one agency, one school or one family’s responsibility. Everyone, including students, parents, teachers, school staff, bus drivers, ...

Successes

Recently our city has had several successes, and we should all be very proud of not only the projects, but the people and teams behind the scenes that made it all work. We had a ribbon cutting last Friday at the new Franklin Field project. If you haven’t seen it, it is well worth the trip. ...

Bible Truth or Tradition: How is Jesus fully God and fully man, yet one person?

How is Jesus fully God and fully man, yet one person? This is the question Wayne Grudem attempts to answer in Chapter 26 of his “Systematic Theology” book. “Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine” is widely recognized as the bestselling and most frequently assigned modern textbook in evangelical and protestant seminaries globally. Grudem starts with a premise that is nowhere to be found in the Bible, “fully God and fully man.” Then, he goes to the Bible for proof. The phrase "fully God and fully man" does not come from the Bible. It originated from ...

Twilight’s last gleaming

There is a point in the decline of republics when the problem is no longer that government breaks its own laws. Governments will always behave unlawfully. The deeper problem comes when the constitutional machinery designed to prevent those acts stops functioning -- when spending becomes ...

Bed Pan Comes Out, Book Opens

I'll take and tell you, if there's something beneficial about being incapacitated, in addition to the handicap sticker, it's that it's given me more time to read. The bedpan comes out, book opens. I couldn't help but notice the Barbara Kingsolver book Ginnie was reading, “Demon Copperhead.” I had never read any Kingsolver books. Dunno why. She has all the credentials: Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, New York Times Best Seller List, etc. Ginnie is a paper-book reader, leaving her books scattered around to trip over. The tripping causes me to look down, and the book covers ...