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Slavery, race and biblical authority: Before we claim the Bible is ‘inerrant,’ let’s confess that we aren’t

Albert Mohler’s hermeneutic of biblical inerrancy led him 25 years ago to reaffirm a scriptural mandate for slaves to dutifully ‘submit’ to their masters in whatever era or culture slavery might exist. His repentance regarding slavery, albeit delayed, is a lesson for all of us.

Pandemic, civil unrest send clergy stress levels soaring

The coronavirus and ongoing racial tensions are sending clergy stress levels skyrocketing, ministers and health experts say.

Transitions for the week of 6-5-20

Recent church staff changes, anniversaries, ordinations and deaths within the moderate and progressive Baptist network.

George Floyd and the silence of white evangelical America

This God-forsaken red stain on our white hands will never be washed clean until we white Christians repent and through peaceful, nonviolent protest declare, “We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take any more dead black men at the hands of white police.”

Confronted by crises, we and our churches need to cultivate a holy curiosity

I believe the current crises in our churches, our communities and our nation will only be transformed into avenues of blessing when we humbly adopt a commitment to cultivate a spirit of holy curiosity.

Do churches re-open their facilities or wait? The stakes couldn’t be higher.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. If churches get this wrong, people will die. People we know and love, people we have never met, folks that count on the church to do the right thing. Yet pressures are mounting to open now.

Real or imagined, pressure is mounting on clergy to resume in-person services

“As a congregation and as a staff, the last thing we want is for someone to get sick and say it’s because they came to church.”

Justice for George Floyd: what went wrong and how to make it right

From my vantage point as a lawyer, judge and Baptist minister, I have reviewed carefully the matter of George Floyd’s death while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers and the stream of events in the wake of his death. The list of what went wrong is long and damning.