By Ken Satterfield What do you want to accomplish in the year ahead? January is a great time to start a resolution — Time magazine says nearly half of us will. So use this week to start the resolution you…
Postmodernism and the emerging church — right or wrong?
By Michael Clingenpeel Q: Our church just hired a pastor who is young enough to be the child of many members. His language about “the emerging church,” “postmodernism” and “interfaith dialogue” distresses older members. Communication and context seem to be…
Christian unity and Baptist-Catholic conversations
By Beth Newman Since 2006, representatives from the Baptist World Alliance have held annual meetings with counterparts from the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Each year has had a central focus and the dialogues have concerned, successively, Scripture,…
A third — Baptist — way forward?
By David Gushee In December I was talking with a promising 30-something Christian who has moved into the Atlanta area. Our conversation strikes me as a good place to begin 2010 — because it has to do with the vitality…
Shielding our descendants from persecution
By Marv Knox Claims of persecution always deliver a jolt. That’s especially true when a Christian in the United States aspires to be the persecutee. In this context, “persecution” typically means one of three things: Either somebody disagreed with this…
RIGHT or WRONG? Emerging Church
By Michael Clingenpeel Our church just hired a pastor who is young enough to be the child of many members. His language about “the emerging church,” “postmodernism” and “interfaith dialogue” distresses older members. Communication and context seem to be the…
The holidays, family dysfunction and familiarity
By Amy Butler Like many of you, I had the opportunity to spend significant time with my family this holiday season. By “family,” I mean not my immediate family with whom I live everyday, but those whom I only get…
Tiger Woods, guilt and grace
By Jim Denison “I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all my heart.” With these now-famous words, Tiger Woods responded to the allegations of extra-marital affairs that dominated the news in the weeks before Christmas….
The Christians as the Romans Saw Them
By David Gushee My Christmas week reflections are inspired by a brilliant 25-year-old book by historian Robert L. Wilken. I picked up The Christians as the Romans Saw Them in hopes of finding resources for my research on the sanctity…