Opinion

Before wagging self-righteous fingers at the Southern Baptist Convention for nearly failing to pass a no-brainer resolution denouncing the “alt-right,” we should consider carefully whether we are worthy of casting the first stone.

Editor’s note: This piece by Steve Harmon and Curtis Freeman prompted a reply from two Southern Baptist writers, Lucas Stamps and Matthew Emerson. Freeman and Harmon are continuing the conversation started below with a follow-up piece here. Why would a…

The Trump administration is breaking its pledge to protect Iraqi Christians, sending them back to their oppressors.  Will the U.S. church remain silent?

At some point in progressive Baptist history we finally started fighting the right fights, but we forgot why we fought them. Claiming Jesus and the resurrection suddenly seemed too evangelical and we tried to distance ourselves as far as possible from the evangelicals.

You can subscribe to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity or you can subscribe to the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement, but you can’t subscribe to both.

While it is true that saying “no” may be risky, and may bring unexpected consequences, learning to say “no” is very important. It will help us to set healthy boundaries and to avoid draining and/or abusive personal, professional, or ministerial relationships.

Si bien es cierto que el decir “no” puede ser arriesgado y traer consecuencias inesperadas, aprender a decir “no” es muy importante. Nos ayudará a establecer límites saludables y a evitar relaciones desgastantes y/o abusivas tanto a nivel personal, profesional o ministerial.

The alarm goes off long before you want it to. The snooze button is not worth it, but it is tempting. You have to get to work. Or you have to get to work at home. Or you have learned…

America faces a clear choice: affirm our commitment to religious freedom and pluralism or give into religious bigotry and hate. Some of our neighbors chose to give into religious-based discrimination by marching “against Sharia” last Saturday in Atlanta, which I…

I suspect that most all of us now are familiar with the infamous statistic that over 80 percent of evangelical Christians voted for Trump and most of them even today continue to support him. It is very difficult to understand…