by Brian Kaylor | Jul 31, 2019 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
During one of multiple trips to the Missouri Capitol earlier this year, I listened in the car as NPR did a piece about the Tom Petty song, “I Won’t Back Down.” The story included them playing the song several times as they not only played Petty’s version but also some...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 17, 2019 | News
Jamaican Baptist leaders raised the topic of reparations for slavery in multiple sessions of the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance last week in Nassau, the Bahamas. Devon Dick, a Jamaican Baptist pastor, gave a presentation on the biblical case for...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 15, 2019 | News
Baptist leaders from about 40 nations voted to affirm women in ministry and to condemn religious-based intolerance during the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Nassau, the Bahamas, last week. Both resolutions passed on July 11 after being discussed and...
by Brian Kaylor | Sep 18, 2018 | Opinion
The debate over the political activity ban – also called the Johnson Amendment – continues to play out in Missouri. Don Hinkle, who serves as director of public policy for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and edits the convention’s publication, wrote an...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 20, 2017 | Opinion
President Donald Trump on Friday, Oct. 13, announced he would decertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. I wonder if one of his evangelical advisers could show him a passage in the Bible about responding to the worst deal ever? Trump previously called the deal between...
