By David Gushee The city of Atlanta has been riveted this week by sexual-coercion lawsuits filed by four young men against megachurch pastor Eddie Long, who leads a wealthy 25,000-member congregation in nearby Lithonia. It has been major news…
Public professions and sexuality
By Cody Sanders While I came to understand the meaning of embracing the Christian faith fairly early in childhood, a lengthy period of time elapsed before my journey down the aisle to make a public profession of faith. Some churches…
Of mosques, Islamophobes, freedom and responsibility
I’ve been trying to sit out the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy. This is one of those toxic issues sure to contaminate anyone who touches it. Nonetheless, in light of the invective and hatred that has been unleashed during…
More doors closed to Baptists
(Editor’s note: This commentary is a republished version of one of four content items, originally posted on ABPnews.com on Sept. 16, that were lost due to a hacker attack on our website later that evening.) By Norman Jameson Being a denominational journalist…
Ice cream and the ministry of hospitality
(Editor’s note: While ABP Executive Director David Wilkinson’s “After the -30-” column normally is published every other Friday, technical difficulties prevented it from being posted on its normal schedule last Friday.) By David Wilkinson At our house, hospitality is…
Turkey and the end of history
By Jim Denison Are we seeing the beginning of World War III? Turkey recently approved 26 amendments to its national constitution. Voters passed measures to guarantee gender equality and protect children, the disabled and the elderly. Nearly 36 million people,…
Ezell faces enormous challenges
By Charlie Warren Kevin Ezell has been elected as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board. It is a crucial time in NAMB’s history. I sincerely hope he has many very successful years of leading Southern Baptists…
Competing Christianities
By David Gushee There was only one Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of God. But, sadly, there is not one “Christianity.” There are instead competing Christianities. This conviction burned bright for me last week when trying to figure out our…
Loving Muslims
By Joseph Perdue “Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away at its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly…