BTSR and mission immersion by Sam Harrell, CBF Global Missions, Decatur, GA
Letter to the Editor – BTSR and mission immersion
As I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on the imminent closure of the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, I’m trying to make a conscious pivot from sorrow and sadness to gratitude.
Advent: a good time to remember the power of blessing – for the ‘blesser’ and the blessed
Advent is a great time to notice how much of the Good News of Jesus Christ is couched in words of blessing. All week long the people in our churches are brutalized by words which attack them, devalue them and challenge their core worth. These souls are crying out for the healing balm of a blessing.
Lost in the debate over Trump’s silence during the Apostles’ Creed: a bigger issue for progressive Christians
The coming generation will have no morality apart from a stout belief in God. Progressive Christians can’t afford to trash the Apostles’ Creed unless we’ve come up with a fitting substitute.
Letter to the Editor – Article on Operation Christmas Child misses the mark
December 11, 2018 To the editor: I am a missionary in Haiti. I am familiar with the problems as described in the article Stuffing Shoe boxes for the world’s poor? Maybe you should reconsider. I do not, however, agree with…
The Christmas Story is not an invitation to be safe and warm
Joseph is a supporting role in the Christmas story. Luke hardly mentions him, and he doesn’t get a single line of dialogue in the entire New Testament. But he should be the patron saint of taking chances.
Letters to the Editor for 12.11.18
Article on Operation Christmas Child misses the mark | Mickie West, Galette Chambon, Ganthier – Haiti
Clergy sex abuse: why the SBC’s ‘studying it’ response isn’t enough
For far too long, officials of the country’s largest Protestant denomination have done nearly nothing to effectively address clergy sex abuse. The time for action is long overdue, and the SBC’s version of “studying it” does not suffice.
The dim hope of Advent
We do our best to illumine this time of year with both artificial and spiritual means. Thankfully, God provides the latter.
This Advent let’s reclaim the power of prophecy
As we celebrate Jesus’ birth, let us more fully imitate his life. That means reclaiming the power of prophecy. Doing so could make this Advent season more of an adventure than we ever imagined.
I disrupted a speech by Jeff Sessions on religious liberty. My Baptist faith compelled me.
As Christians, our free exercise of religion, set forth in the Constitution, means working to ensure that those to whom Jesus came to minister – the poor, the sick, the hungry, the incarcerated, the immigrant – are not trampled underfoot in our common life and public policy.
BTSR, a female president and the ‘glass cliff’
The decision to close Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, whatever the pros and cons, is a reminder of the glass cliff – a companion to the glass ceiling – that is often a reality for women in leadership.