by Bruce Prescott | Sep 9, 2009 | Opinion
For me, the shortest step away from fundamentalism came with the realization that life within my family bore little resemblance to the idyllic paternalistic household that fundamentalist preachers portrayed as the biblical model for the home. Father didn’t know...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 8, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a five-part series in which Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, reviews the steps that led him away from fundamentalism. My second step away from fundamentalism was set in slow motion...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 7, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a five-part series in which Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, reviews the steps that led him away from fundamentalism. I went to a Baptist youth camp when I was 15 years old and I...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 30, 2008 | Opinion
Lou Dobbs’ rant about Treasury Secretary Paulson last Monday was way over the line. He did more than challenge Paulson’s policies and proposals, he attacked him personally with some of the most condescending and insulting language I have heard from a host...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 12, 2008 | Opinion
I got an e-mail Wednesday morning from a Muslim friend who was distraught to discover that every member of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation declined to accept his invitation to a dinner and dialogue with moderate Muslims. My friend, Vahap Uysal, a professor...
