by Daniel Harris | Mar 28, 2019 | Opinion
Baptist ecclesiology has always been a double-edged sword. On one hand, Baptist churches have the autonomy to decide where the Holy Spirit is leading them. On the other hand, the lack of oversight of Baptist churches can lead to some horrible places as seen in the...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 3, 2018 | Opinion
A group of Radical Reformers, known as Anabaptists, found themselves facing a penalty of death at the hands of the Protestant government in Zurich, Switzerland, during the 16th century. Escaping their death sentence, Anabaptists fled to the foothills of the Alps....
by Stuart Murray Williams | Sep 27, 2017 | Opinion
Post-modern, post-Christendom, post-industrial, post-colonial, post-secular – commentators on transitions impacting Western societies often resort to “post” words to describe these. Observers of church life identify post-evangelical,...
by Bill Pitts | Oct 17, 2013 | Opinion
Martin Luther’s influence during the Protestant Reformation was enormous, but with the acceptance of Scripture as the authority, many individual interpretations began to appear, creating a pluralism of Reformations. Historians commonly identify five of these...
by James L. Evans | Feb 5, 2008 | Opinion
It has been a pesky problem from the very beginning. Adam, who walked with God in the cool of the garden, could not follow one simple proscription. Abraham, called by God to be the progenitor of a great nation, lied about Sarah being his wife to save his own hide....