Transcript: State senate candidate Gardenhire says he’s free marketer
Todd Gardenhire, right, a GOP state senate candidate, answers questions from newspaper reporter Chris Carroll, left. Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey listens. State senate candidate Todd Gardenhire suggests the difference between himself and his rival may be more in the direction of their diverse birthdates than their ideas. Mr. Gardenhire is in his 60s. His rival, […]
Econ lesson No. 2: Centralization destroys opportunity, prosperity, risk
The eye at the top of the pyramid tells of Uncle; in his world, relationships are vertical and most of us are at the bottom. In a decentralized society under God’s blessing, horizontal relationships among equals (more or less) are more common. By David Tulis A handy way to perceive the free market and local […]
God’s long forbearance with sinners; or how grace came to Luke Short
It took 85 years for a sermon by this Puritan minister, John Flavel, to convict a listener of his sin. By David Tulis Consider the providence of God in saving a man in his 103rd year. Why would the Lord bring repentance to a man that old when He might have chosen instead to convert […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]