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When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...

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The betrayal of a historic wisdom

For decades, there was a historic wisdom in the connectionalism and autonomy of local churches within Southern Baptist life. That wisdom is evident in the way local churches have related to one another — fostering friendships, camaraderie and mutual support….

There’s an anti-Baptist bias at TGC’s Themelios

The Gospel Coalition’s flagship journal, Themelios, has a problem with Baptists. Despite TGC’s claims of theological diversity and their promotion of Themelios as a legitimate “peer-reviewed” journal, the evidence reveals systematic anti-Baptist discrimination that undermines both academic integrity and Christian…

The scope of William Jennings Bryan

The centennial of the Scopes trial has come and gone. For at least this calendar year, the print media gave substantial attention to what happened in and outside the Rhea County Courthouse in July 1925. Commentators focused on whatever they believed…

Postcards from Occupied DC

“Lock the doors, kids.” When I was a kid, I remember my parents telling us to “lock the doors” when we drove into “the city.” This applied both to my hometown of Jackson and to bigger cities like Atlanta we…

Veterans urge DeSantis to stop execution

Five veterans have been executed since Ron DeSantis became governor of Florida in 2019 with a sixth scheduled to die this month. But a group of former service members wants the killing to stop and are pleading with the governor…