by Charles Foster Johnson | Feb 12, 2008 | Opinion
Anyone who has been around Baptist preachers very long knows that the old simile about us being like manure is embarrassingly true: spread us around and we do a little good, but get us all together and we stink to the high heavens. So, like many, I came to the New...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Jan 14, 2008 | Opinion
North American Baptists will soon have one of the best opportunities in our history to address the racial divisions that have too long defined us. On Jan. 30, thousands of Baptists from across racial, denominational, theological and geographical lines will gather in...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Nov 24, 2004 | Opinion
As we enter this season of Thanksgiving, I’m not only thinking of the importance of gratitude for our many gifts, but also of the gift of gratitude itself. It is true that we are blessed beyond measure. God really has done “far more abundantly than all...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Mar 23, 2004 | Opinion
In spring 2002, I was invited by my good friend Rabbi Sam Stahl to speak at a pro-Israel rally at the Alamo. I shared the rostrum with those whose support for Israel seemed to be predicated on the condemnation–even eradication–of other peoples and nations....
by Charles Foster Johnson | Feb 2, 2004 | Opinion
The Southern Baptist Convention’s recent decision to quit the Baptist World Alliance all but completes its 25-year rewrite of what it means to be Baptist. George W. Truett, legendary Texas Baptist pastor and founding light of the BWA, wouldn’t recognize...
