by Randall Balmer | Jun 22, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Whatever you want to say about Southern Baptists (and yes, there’s a lot to say) they know how to stand up for principles. Opposition to sexual misconduct among prominent figures within the denomination? Well, no. Despite a damning 2022 report about pervasive sexual...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 21, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
During a visit with adult children in Georgia recently, we participated in a basket weaving activity at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, just outside of Macon, Georgia. The park is an attempt to honor the people of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Native...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 20, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Where have we heard those words before? Those strident and defensive words from Southern Baptist leaders who claim full biblical authority for denouncing women as unequal in power and position. Listen to their words, along with haunting echoes from a tragic and what...
by Amy Butler | Jun 20, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
It was Emily Dickinson who wrote, “Tell the truth but tell it slant,” which I tend to think was Jesus’ general approach, what with the parables and such. And normally I agree with Emily and Jesus, but lately I’ve begun to wonder if the moments in which we’re living...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 19, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Juneteenth, also known as “Jubilee Day,” celebrates the arrival of Union troops to Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865, with news that more than a quarter million African Americans were free by executive decree. It was two years late, as the Emancipation...
by Wendell Griffen | Jun 19, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The Southern Baptist Convention recently expelled two churches who chose women to serve as pastors. The convention also amended its primary doctrinal document to make it clear that Southern Baptists believe that it is not right for women to hold pastoral leadership...
