By Marv Knox Do you think Baptists ever will get back together again?” a young friend asked over lunch the other day. His question arose naturally, because this is convention season for Baptists. The Southern Baptist Convention conducts its annual…
Protesting in North Carolina: Moral Monday Reflections
Recent events in North Carolina are putting our Baptist convictions to the test. In remembering the most, North Carolina’s lawmakers have forgotten the least. School children are hungry. Access to affordable healthcare will soon be even more difficult to procure. …
Change happens
By Bill Wilson Are you tired of the doomsday rhetoric about the church in America? Have you noticed that the bandwagon of those predicting the imminent demise of congregational life is filled to capacity? Are you ready to tune out…
Change happens
By Bill Wilson Are you tired of the doomsday rhetoric about the church in America? Have you noticed that the bandwagon of those predicting the imminent demise of congregational life is filled to capacity? Are you ready to tune out…
Change happens
By Bill Wilson Are you tired of the doomsday rhetoric about the church in America? Have you noticed that the bandwagon of those predicting the imminent demise of congregational life is filled to capacity? Are you ready to tune out…
The stress of the movable Sabbath
Someone at church once asked me, “When is your day off?” I replied, “Friday.” “Wow.” He said. “I wish I could have Friday’s off. Must be nice.” “Well, I don’t get many Sundays off. That must be nice to have…
Honoring the real Lottie Moon
By J. Duane Bolin Last year Southern Baptists collected nearly $150 million dollars for international missionaries through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. International missionaries could not continue to do the work they do without these funds donated sacrificially outside tithes…
Honoring the Real Lottie Moon
By J. Duane Bolin Last year Southern Baptists collected nearly $150 million dollars for international missionaries through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. International missionaries could not continue to do the work they do without these funds donated sacrificially outside tithes…
Honoring the Real Lottie Moon
By J. Duane Bolin Last year Southern Baptists collected nearly $150 million dollars for international missionaries through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. International missionaries could not continue to do the work they do without these funds donated sacrificially outside tithes…
Honoring the Real Lottie Moon
By J. Duane Bolin Last year Southern Baptists collected nearly $150 million dollars for international missionaries through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. International missionaries could not continue to do the work they do without these funds donated sacrificially outside tithes…
My connection with the Rev. Will D. Campbell
In the fall of 2004, I was taking a seminary course on Thomas Merton. It was being taught by Merton friend and scholar E. Glenn Hinson. Dr. Hinson knew of my near-obsession with all things Will Campbell, and he helped…
May God deny you peace
By Miguel De La Torre “¡Dios no os de paz y si gloria!” I begin my charge to the class of 2013 by quoting one of my intellectual mentors, the great early 20th century philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno. For those…