Archive for April, 2013

When it comes to writing history, Robert Caro is a giant among men.  This past year, Caro released the fourth installment of his projected five-volume biography of the 36th president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Caro has devoted nearly 40 years researching and writing The Years of Lyndon Johnson, and he does not Read more

Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? II Samuel 3:38   In the pantheon of Southern Baptist greats, Duke Kimbrough McCall’s place is secure. He was a once-in-a-generation figure; a man Solomonic in judgment and Mosaic in leadership. When he spoke, his words were full of Read more