by James Gordon | Oct 2, 2018 | Opinion
Baptists have long championed a clear separation of church and state. This is why, as I shared previously, I have been dismayed and perplexed at the naked political ambition and moral accommodations demonstrated by U.S. evangelicals in the power courts of Washington....
by James Gordon | Oct 1, 2018 | Opinion
I’d better come clean. My own church tradition is Baptist. Among the peculiarities of Baptist commitments is the clear separation of the powers of church and state. Historically, Baptist was a pejorative nickname, a way of dismissing those who dissented from the...
by James Gordon | Aug 28, 2018 | Opinion
In a review of the current Tolkien exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, United Kingdom, Rowan Williams makes this observation, “Desire for power – the kind of power that will make us safe, reverse injustices and avenge defeats – is a dream that can devour...
by James Gordon | Aug 13, 2018 | Opinion
I didn’t know that by studying the book of Proverbs closely I was an aspiring “paremiologist.” But apparently so. The Wisdom tradition in the Old Testament is fascinating in its diversity, and intriguing in the way those writings get to the point. By which is...
by James Gordon | Aug 3, 2018 | Opinion
The letter of James has some wise warnings about teaching and the qualities needed in a good teacher. The Jewish Wisdom background of James becomes obvious when, more than once, he urges the importance of wisdom, maturity and responsibility in the ways that people use...
