While true that the university faces some financial challenges, to identify money as the primary factor that forced the seminary’s closing is a smokescreen that hides the real motive.
Letter to the Editor – Response to Logsdon closing
Response to Logsdon closing
Letter to the Editor for 2.13.20
Response to Logston closing by Les Hollon of San Antonio, Texas
Aaron Sorkin Presents ‘The Prodigal Son’
Aaron Sorkin should tackle the “Parable of the Prodigal Son.” I’ve taken it upon myself to offer a rough draft to get him started.
Logsdon Seminary will be shuttered: 7 Questions for Hardin-Simmons University’s president and trustees
Yes, these are hard times for theological education. But the closing of a second seminary founded by moderate Baptists feels like an abandonment of Baptists’ historic commitment to the effective preparation of ministers for congregational ministry.
Character matters, but policy matters more. Christians should know that
Although bad character and bad behavior can certainly have a negative impact on others, public policy is a different kind of morality that affects many more people in much more profound ways.
‘Conscience … more or less’: Roger Williams, Mitt Romney and the rest of us
Mitt Romney’s act of conscience compelled the President, the Senate and the rest of us to confront faith and conscience, religious liberty and dissent, at this moment in our nation’s troubled, divided history.
Black History Month: I’m all in, but let’s tell the WHOLE story
The story of our struggle is a story of resilience, resistance and triumph-in-the-midst-of-tragedy that actually has the power to redeem this nation from the sins of the fathers and the privilege of the few that has come at the expense of the many.
Letter to the Editor – Amen to Eric Minton’s commentary
Amen to Eric Minton’s commentary
Trans 101 for churches: ways to make a difference for transgender persons
In this moment of such visible and harmful aggression against transgender people, the church has an important role to play as a loving, welcoming, inclusive and engaged community.
Letter to the Editor for 2.6.20
Amen to Eric Minton’s commentary by Ronald Grizzle, Flowery Branch, Georgia
In a messy election year, let’s remember that the ‘Golden Rule’ applies to politics too
The 2020 election might be the church’s best witnessing opportunity. Or our worst.