by David Kerrigan | Jun 20, 2017 | Opinion
Before we can discover whether all Baptists must always be card-carrying evangelicals, we must first define what evangelical means. David Bebbington’s 1988 book, “Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History,” offers four characteristics of...
by David Kerrigan | Dec 29, 2016 | Opinion
There is no walk of life, other than in a religious setting, where the term worship is properly used. We use it as a metaphor to try and express profound respect or love for another person – “He worships the very ground she walks on.” – but...
by David Kerrigan | Feb 18, 2016 | Opinion
Everyone’s talking about debt these days. And so they should, for it’s a critical issue. But is debt a bad thing? Is it reasonable to say that there’s good debt and bad debt? Good debt seems to me to be manageable – a mortgage is hopefully a...
by David Kerrigan | Jan 12, 2016 | Opinion
If, like most of us, you prefer your issues cut and dried, goodies and baddies, then climate change is just the kind of thing to avoid. For every opinion, you’ll find an opposite opinion; for every believer, in spite of scientific consensus that climate change...
by David Kerrigan | Jun 8, 2015 | Opinion
Debates about communion usually focus on two important areas: the nature of the event and the question of who can participate. The nature of the event will involve considerations such as what we believe about the bread and wine. At one end of the spectrum, the Roman...
