by James Gordon | Jul 29, 2019 | Opinion
Standing in the grass lane between two high hedges. On the right, and on the other side of the hedge, the 18th century rose garden. On the left, and over the hedge, is the 17th century rose garden. Between them, this motorway of manicured grass, and at the...
by James Gordon | Jun 18, 2019 | Opinion
Many very fine histories exist of the Plymouth Brethren and the several offshoots in the 19th and 20th centuries. The classic is by Roy Coad, but more recently and with considerably more historical documentation, there are the volumes by Neil Dickson (Scotland) and...
by James Gordon | Nov 12, 2018 | Opinion
It isn’t often I quote Breitbart as a source, but this time I wanted to nail the source. Notice the piercing, violent metaphor of steel hitting steel into wood. I’ll come back to that. So, here’s the quote, straight from the mouth of President Donald...
by James Gordon | Oct 23, 2018 | Opinion
The news on Monday that Eugene Peterson had died will be greeted by thousands of pastors with a mixture of reactive sadness that his life has ended, but also with enduring gratitude that it was lived the way he lived it. Eugene Peterson was a pastor, never anything...
by James Gordon | Oct 2, 2018 | Opinion
Baptists have long championed a clear separation of church and state. This is why, as I shared previously, I have been dismayed and perplexed at the naked political ambition and moral accommodations demonstrated by U.S. evangelicals in the power courts of Washington....