by Tony Cartledge | Jan 13, 2021 | Opinion
Those of us who participated in or at least lived through the hot debates on “inerrancy” that divided the Southern Baptist Convention will recall that a favorite term of its adherents was (and is) theopneustos, a rare word that appears only once in the Bible, in 2...
by Terrell Carter | Jan 4, 2021 | Opinion
The presidents of the six Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) seminaries released a joint statement in late November dismissing critical race theory (CRT) as incompatible with their understanding of the gospel and the 2000 Southern Baptist Convention Faith and Message....
by Christa Brown and David Clohessy | Aug 6, 2020 | Opinion
Does it get any sicker than this? At a flagship megachurch of the Southern Baptist Convention, church staffer James A. Hook sexually abused a 15-year-old church girl. Hook sent the girl sexually explicit photos of her own mother – photos he had taken when he had an...
by Tony Cartledge | Aug 5, 2020 | Opinion
Paige Patterson’s ill-fated tenure as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas had one good feature for archaeology nerds like me. He strongly supported the school’s archaeology program, known as the Tandy Institute. Not so the new president,...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 17, 2020 | Opinion
Last August, I stood in the pulpit of the church I attend and announced that four of the congregation’s first seven pastors were slaveholders. Audible gasps filled the air. And that’s when I realized just how much we needed an honest airing of our past. In a July 13...
