By Kyle Reese On a typical day, the July 29 Associated Baptist Press headline I read, “Uzbekistan charges Baptist camp with crimes,” would catch my attention, but quickly give way to other matters. However, this particular July 29 was no…
A lesson about race and the church
By David Sanders My father, the Rev. Ronald F. Sanders, began pastoring Southern Baptist churches well before I was born. Like many who proclaim the gospel Sunday after Sunday, he was called to ministry at an early age. He graduated…
Rush Limbaugh, Jeremiah Wright, and the race conversation
By William Dwight McKissic Sr. Controversial quotes regarding race made by Jeremiah Wright and Rush Limbaugh were used in efforts to thwart a presidential campaign and the purchase of an NFL team. Responses to the Wright and Limbaugh quotes reveal…
Urgency, creation care and theological advance
By David Gushee Under the impact of a globally recognized ecological crisis, Christianity finds itself today in the midst of a major theological transition. Globally, it is moving from a religion generally uninterested in ecological concerns to one whose major…
Presence is pastoral care
By Amy Butler I’m fairly certain the most comforting words are not words at all. At least through all these years of trying to be an effective pastoral caregiver, I sure hope so. While I’d like to imagine I can…
Is the Emerging Church threat or ally for Baptists?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series of four essays by Baptist historians and thinkers all dealing with the theme, “History Speaks to Hard Questions Baptists Ask,” that have been published by Associated Baptist Press on four successive…
Opinion: American sexual ethics today, Part 2
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of two columns contrasting prevailing cultural attitudes on sexuality with classic Christian ethics and calling for Christians to reclaim their own heritage in a countercultural practice of Christian community. The first was published Oct….
American sexual ethics today, Part 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two columns contrasting prevailing cultural attitudes on sexuality with classic Christian ethics and calling for Christians to reclaim their own heritage in a countercultural practice of Christian community. The first was published Oct….
On becoming a father. Again.
By David Sanders The birth of child is always a perspective-shaping event. For me, who just became the father of five, the weight of the world is a load I’ve grown accustomed to carrying — but now, it feels like…