By Barrett Owen When it comes to changing diapers, I wish my wife and I weren’t egalitarian, but we are. Our marriage is an equal partnership. We listen for God’s guidance together and apart. We communicate our needs and express…
This Bud’s for Paige
By Rodney Kennedy Dr. Paige Patterson has taken a time machine back to the 1950s to suggest that there is something immoral about having a glass of wine. By his own admission this is only the second time he has…
Our silence on faith does not serve those leaving the church
By Alan Bean David Gushee, a theologian and ethicist who teaches at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology, struck a nerve when he suggested that moderate Baptists with roots in the Southern Baptist Convention could benefit from a statement of…
Sexual complementarity: A dangerous debate
By David Burroughs I read with interest the story in ABPnews/Herald about Dr. David Platt’s sermon given recently at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In reality, I no longer pay much attention to things said by Southern Baptist leaders these days….
Life on the way
By Garin Hill I have it all planned out. My wife, 36 weeks pregnant, is due with our third child — on Easter Sunday, just four weeks away. How exciting! For a pastor who seemingly always looks for symbolism and…
For all its flaws, ‘Noah’ raises important questions
By Michael Parnell Darren Aronofsky joins the line of directors that have taken on bringing biblical stories to the screen. His Noah is not a literal rendering of the story of great flood, but it contains both interesting and poor…
The new independent Baptist churches
By Mark Wingfield In the dialogue about “ex-SBC” folks that’s been transpiring on this site in recent weeks, a false assumption seeps in from time to time: That all “ex” Southern Baptists are now affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship….
God: Still creating, after all these years
By Rick L. Hammer God’s creation still is being created. That may be an awkward way to state this fact, but it’s true. The creation stories of Genesis might suggest God’s creative activity was a one-time act, but that could…
Outreach, from the inside out
By Will Baker My church sits on an old highway in the small county seat town of Accomac, Va. It’s a great place and the church has amazing facilities that attract a lot of attention from anyone who passes by….