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Insane criminal verdicts; or how Christianity lost cultural influence

The visit in Chattanooga on Monday of Mohandas Gandhi’s grandson was covered in the local newspaper under a story on the same page, B1, about a man pleading guilty to the strangulation death of his son. When I read the stories in the Chattanooga Times Free Press I couldn’t avoid considering the state of Christianity […]

Writer says ‘absurd to complain’; world not Christian, not likely to be

With a church steeple in the background, a psychic reader advertises her services at the intersection of Brainerd and Moore roads in Chattanooga. The following remonstrance appeared here at Chattanoogan.com in response to my essay, “UTC Avoids Offense, Kills Prayers, Aids Society with Queer Studies.” Dear David I am also a Bible-believing Christian, but I […]

2 empty promises — Gigabit mall, ‘compliance systems’ for churches

By David Tulis / Noogaradio 1240 AM 101.1 FM Some Friday mornings at Panera Posse the company is scarce, though the conversation never is. Today Chris Davis, a traffic engineer at Volkert, and I launch out of the town square in pursuit of the stolen booty. I arrive first, and in tidying up my briefcase […]

Ambiguous words from prosecutor as he cheers Chattanooga mosque

“And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon’s torso was left of it. *** We know that an idol is […]

Christians feel besieged as school system secularization whines ahead

News coverage over the past two months has focused much on Christian prayers at public events. By David Tulis The South’s strong cultural Christianity comes from its Protestant heritage and the influence of reformed theology, particularly the many Scottish Presbyterians who fled religious persecution. This theological heritage explains the region’s resistance to federal armies in […]

With store, website, woman lives ideal of community, local economy

Mandy Henderson and her daughter, Autumn, stop by Tammy Drennan’s store and hangout in Fort Oglethorpe. Tammy Drennan’s store in the little Georgia town of Fort Oglethorpe has very much a homemade look. It’s full of inexpensive cards,150 kinds of Dover art books, volumes from Mrs. Drennan’s personal library, Fort O magnets, puzzles, cookbooks and […]

Nehemiah, a model official, relies on local economy, refuses to tax

By David Tulis A favorite character in the scriptures is Nehemiah, the Israelite who was cupbearer to an alien king, Artaxerxes, and sent back to his home country to look after Jerusalem and the deplorable state of those of his fellows left behind. As our family has read about Nehemiah at family worship, I have […]

As Gibson lowers lips to kiss hoof, Uncle, in show of grace, lifts it

These instruments are made by Gibson Guitars in Nashville, a private company that recently opened a plant in Memphis. (Gibson.com) By David Tulis I snapped up the CD edition of Gulliver’s Travels after my 9-year-old had enjoyed it and have been howling at the satire so acidly penned by Jonathan Swift, whose look at 18th […]