by Charles Foster Johnson | May 23, 2010 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This column was adapted from Johnson’s commencement address at Howard Payne University on May 8, 2010. We are here today because of love: the love we have experienced from God, the love of that God incarnated in Christ Jesus, the love of our...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Feb 18, 2010 | Opinion
My friends on the Baylor University board of regents are urging patient understanding from our Texas Baptist family concerning the appointment of Kenneth Starr as president of the university. The call to reason and patience – two clear scriptural virtues – is timely...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Jun 25, 2009 | Opinion
The decision of the Southern Baptist Convention to find Broadway Baptist Church not in friendly cooperation is a missed opportunity for the denomination to reverse its regressive slide and take a small, safe step in the direction of inclusiveness. For a year now,...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Feb 2, 2009 | Opinion
One of the oddest ironies of contemporary Christianity in America is the inability ”or unwillingness ”of progressive churches to evangelize. These are the churches with the most excellent values of inclusiveness and empowerment. It is axiomatic that openness of heart...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Jul 16, 2008 | Opinion
The Italian government’s plan to fingerprint the Roma people, commonly known as Gypsies, must be condemned by Baptists everywhere. For a number of years, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has focused its global mission energies in ministering the gospel to this...
