A Texas pastor whose congregation has taken an active role in pushing for more humane policies in Tarrant County has been banned for one year from speaking at Tarrant County Commissioners Court meetings. Ryon Price, pastor of Broadway Baptist Church…
Johnny Hunt tells his side of the story, including his definition of ‘adultery’
Johnny Hunt finally got to tell his side the story about what happened at a beachside condo in 2010, when he is accused of sexually abusing a pastor’s wife the age of his own daughters. In a court deposition taken…
Trump needs to be stopped with ballots, not bullets
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump is an attack on American democracy. Which is pathetically ironic because Trump himself remains an attack on American democracy. We must denounce the would-be assassin while reminding the nation that making Trump a victim…
Yes, there’s a double standard but Biden still must leave the 2024 race
President Joe Biden’s news conference at the conclusion of the NATO summit tonight wasn’t the train wreck of his debate two weeks ago, but it did nothing to assuage his friends who believe he should not run for reelection. What…
Remember Randall Terry of Operation Rescue? Now he’s running for president and doesn’t want to win
Some hardcore anti-abortion voters hope to boost Donald Trump and the Republican Party in November by getting Blacks and Catholics not to vote for Democrats. The Constitution Party is running a presidential ticket headed by notorious anti-abortion activist Randall Terry,…
It’s time for whoever is behind The Baptist Report to identify themselves
Last March, I started receiving an almost daily newsletter in my email inbox, unsolicited. Nothing new there, except this one purported to be a newsletter about things Baptist. That got my attention. That first email said: “The Baptist Report curates…
SBC’s church planting agency now promoting private church-based schools
The Southern Baptist Convention’s church planting agency now has a program devoted to encouraging churches to start Christian schools in their buildings. In a promotional video posted on the website of the SBC North American Mission Board, a spokesman declares:…
What will you do with your Daniel scar?
Today, I did something I’ve never done before at a funeral. Something so ill-advised that pastoral care professors reading this likely will flinch on hearing it. Something that’s the wrong thing except when it is suddenly very necessary. I told…
PC(USA) continues protest against Israel with more divestment
The Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly has continued its decade-long protest of Israeli occupation of Palestine by voting to divesting from Israeli bonds. The unanimous consent vote of the 500-member assembly marks a continuation of a protest begun in 2014…