by Bill Pitts | Oct 24, 2019 | Opinion
The ongoing task of ethical education is to provide each generation guidance for moral decisions. For much of the history of the church, the tradition in ethical education has focused on individuals and the consequences of their personal decisions and actions. But for...
by Bill Pitts | Aug 30, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Aug. 29, 2013. At the time of publication, Pitts was professor of church history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918), the noted theologian and Baptist pastor, affirmed a deep relationship...
by Bill Pitts | Feb 19, 2019 | Opinion
Walter Rauschenbusch was consumed with a passion for social justice. Trained in Rochester seminary as a Baptist minister, he accepted a call in 1886 by the Second German Baptist Church in New York City, where he served for 11 years. He was fluent in German as well as...
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 Bill Pitts | Oct 16, 2013 | Opinion
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th- and 17th-century movement intent on reshaping and revitalizing the Christian church. The church had experienced many reform movements in the past, but this one was unique: It produced challenging interpretations of Christianity...
