Any Christian institution that seeks to influence the commanding heights of elite culture while at the same time maintaining fidelity to its confession must beware of this temptation. Continue Reading »
For the sake of our souls, and those of our neighbors, we must return to the Book without a shred of embarrassment. Continue Reading »
The recommendations of both the third-party report and the SBC task force avoid taking what should be the obvious first step in sexual abuse cases: Call the cops. Continue Reading »
On at least two occasions, my father found himself in public showdowns with Mad Max, an itinerant “Turn or Burn!” preacher who loved to make a spectacle of himself on college campuses by fulminating over Led Zeppelin T-shirts (“Satanists!”), women in shorts (“Whores!”) and men with their . . . . Continue Reading »
“Great Commission Baptist” describes who we have been historically, who we strive to be in the present, and who we wish to be in the future. Continue Reading »
Desiderius Erasmus, incredulous and finally exasperated in his debates with Martin Luther, once nicknamed the great Reformer Doctor Hyperbolicus. In Erasmus’s view, Luther could not resist taking every argument to extremes. We can only imagine what Erasmus would have said of the Baptists, . . . . Continue Reading »
We have to face issues of sexual abuse head on—the truth of the gospel is at stake. Continue Reading »
Southern Baptists must face reality: New reports of sexual abuse show a systemic problem spanning decades of neglect. Continue Reading »
Evangelical leaders are distancing themselves from the nationalist rhetoric that was near the heart of the older religious right. Continue Reading »
We must recover the role of women in spreading the gospel, in the way that some have reclaimed the connection between the gospel and social issues. Continue Reading »
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