By David Gushee In this column, I go where angels fear to tread: I want to muse over the future of moderate Baptists. My thoughts will be especially informed by my recent years of service with students at Mercer University….
Of slugs and sermon illustrations
By Amy Butler I seem to be always scouting around for theological metaphors — you know, fast-and-ready ways to talk about that mystery we like to call God. I do not consider this tendency of mine an exceptionally unusual talent….
Grief, the past, and creating a future for moderate Baptists
By Cody J. Sanders I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the future of the moderate Baptist movement — including moderate churches, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and similar larger bodies of moderate Baptists. One only has to spend a little…
Dr. Micah’s health-care prescription
By Marv Knox What will our nation do about health care? That question dominates the American social and political landscape this autumn. But another question hovers in the mists of that landscape. It’s almost as important and perhaps even more…
‘By the power vested in …’ what?
By Drew Zimmer As our nation continues to argue over the legality of same-sex marriage and the dangers it may potentially pose to religious freedom, I am left wondering about a more basic question few Baptists seem to be pondering,…
EDITORIAL: Dr. Micah’s health care prescription
What will our nation do about health care? That question dominates the American social and political landscape this autumn. But another question hovers in the mists of that landscape. It’s almost as important and perhaps even more troubling: Will U.S….
On race, thoughtful analysis over hyperbole
By David Sanders This week, former President Jimmy Carter accused a wide swath of President Barack Obama’s critics of being driven by racism. His unfortunate criticism underscored that simplistic views on race are easily hurled into the public domain as…
On immigration, do Baptists believe the Bible?
By Libby Grammer Garrett Undocumented immigration cannot be described as either a problem or a possibility — it simply is a reality, and one that we are not dealing with very well. As someone who works with immigration issues every…
Being thoroughly — and really — pro-life
By Miguel De La Torre Most of those who self-identify as “pro-life” or say they are believers in the “sanctity of life” are, in reality, neither. To truly be pro-life is to believe that all life, created by God, has…