by Preston Clegg | Aug 10, 2021 | Opinion
Our public discourse today is saturated with the word “freedom,” but the more the word is used, the less meaning it seems to convey. For many in our culture, the concept of freedom is only understood in a negative way. Freedom is the unbinding of any authority over...
by Preston Clegg | Jun 2, 2020 | Opinion
Becoming a community of peacemakers is the calling of Christians worldwide. Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, where I serve as pastor, has made this a primal impulse of our life together over the past seven years. But occasionally, we must stop and...
by Preston Clegg | May 19, 2020 | Opinion
“Ahmaud Arbery” “Two God-fearing men” I cannot get these words out of my mind. They are a reminder of the tragic results from the ideology, the religion, of white supremacy, in which white lives are idolized and black lives matter little. White supremacy seeks to...
by Preston Clegg | May 18, 2020 | Opinion
“Ahmaud Arbery” “Two God-fearing men” Some words will not let you go. I’ve been repeating those words and wondering what one phrase has to do with the other. On Feb. 23, two white men, Gregory and Travis McMichael, murdered Ahmaud Arbery, a black man jogging in a...
by Preston Clegg | Nov 5, 2019 | Opinion
Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, placed 237 white crosses on the lawn by its parking lot in late September. We did so to honor the memory of the victims of the Elaine Massacre, which occurred 100 years ago. Along with the crosses, there was a sign which...
