by Bruce Prescott | Sep 28, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the first part in a series in which Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, examines the future of Baptist identity. At the CBF General Assembly last July, Bill Leonard, dean of the Divinity School at Wake...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 15, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the seventh part of an ongoing series in which Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, reviews the steps that led him away from fundamentalism. Before I went to seminary, I took one more step away from...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 14, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the sixth part of an ongoing series in which Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, reviews the steps that led him away from fundamentalism. My first encounter with a “liberal” theologian came when...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 11, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the fifth 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. Once I graduated from high school, I had a choice to make about the...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 10, 2009 | Opinion
Roman Catholics can trace a direct line of institutional continuity all the way back to the first century. At times, Baptists have envied that heritage and have tried to supplant it. One of the most popular attempts to do so was written by J.M. Carroll, who served as...