by Wm. Loyd Allen | Jul 10, 2002 | Opinion
In March 1925, Tennessee outlawed the theory of evolution in its public schools. Officials in tiny Dayton tested the new law by arresting, with his consent, biology teacher John T. Scopes. Former Democratic presidential candidate and secretary of state William...
by Wm. Loyd Allen | Jun 12, 2002 | Opinion
The Southern Baptist Convention’s use of its faith statement, the Baptist Faith and Message, to ensure doctrinal integrity has raised anew the cry, “Creedalism!” Below is some basic guidance for setting Baptist creedal controversies in context....
by Wm. Loyd Allen | May 15, 2002 | Opinion
I intended to write about Baptist response to Israel’s May 1948 declaration of independence. But I found nothing in the Baptist news journals I perused. This put me to thinking about Baptists’ seeming reluctance to speak out on larger issues of the...
by Wm. Loyd Allen | Apr 15, 2002 | Opinion
Late one cold night in October 1752, as widow Elizabeth Backus sat by her fire, wrapped in blankets reading the Bible, Massachusetts law officers came for her. They hauled the elderly, ailing Baptist off to jail for failing to pay taxes. The law she had refused to...
by Wm. Loyd Allen | Mar 20, 2002 | Opinion
From the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls to the ratification of the 19th Amendment 72 years later, Christian religion and women’s suffrage kept close, if not always cordial, company. At the 1840 London Slavery Convention, internationally...