The stories of Graham Platner and Roy Moore, although unfolding in different parties and different eras, trace the same institutional pattern: Modern political parties elevate outsiders when they are useful and abandon them when they become inconvenient. Platner and Moore...
By Scott Dickison Last spring, my wife and I decided that tending to an infant was not enough responsibility for us, so we tried our hand at some backyard gardening. I built a raised bed plot in the backyard, trimmed…
Progressive Christian congregations I encounter are very proud of being progressive. Almost too proud. They are glad they are not like other congregations who are less liberated. They almost sound Pharisaical. When I have a strategic leadership coaching relationship with…
Most of you know well Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures…
By Brian Kaylor Church health consultants share common stories about churches that have burned through several pastors in just a few years. During the consulting process, a deacon or other lay leader says something like “we just can’t find a…
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention and Humane Society of the United States were among supporters of legislation cracking down on animal fighting in Tennessee signed into law June 11. Russell Moore, head of the SBC Ethics and Religious…
By Bob Allen The Baptist leader of a North Carolina public policy advocacy group credited pressure from conservative Christians for a House vote overriding the governor’s veto of a bill allowing state court officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages…
By Brett Younger A seminary faculty posted a photo on Facebook with the caption, “Our faculty and all of the books they have written.” The faculty is made up of superb scholars who have authored a huge stack of books,…
