by John D. Pierce | Jun 2, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Paige Patterson’s decades-old assault on Baptist institutions and women in the name of biblical fidelity ended formally this week with revelation that he sought to isolate a female seminarian rape victim in order to “break her down.” It would be easy...
by John D. Pierce | May 29, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Ella Wall Prichard didn’t set out to someday write a book about navigating widowhood. In fact, she admits being quite unprepared for this stage of life thrust upon her when her husband Lev died in 2009. “Nothing prepared me for widowhood, “ she...
by John D. Pierce | May 25, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Like religious fundamentalists at large, Southern Baptist Convention leaders are cornered by their absurd doctrinal certainty. Doubt or even a hint of uncertainty is treated as unbelief — so they arrogantly posit their opinions as unquestionable...
by John D. Pierce | May 18, 2018 | Opinion
James 2:19 observes, “It’s good that you believe that God is one. Ha! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble with fear.” Rather than using the more commonly translated – “Good!” or “Good for you!” – the...
by John D. Pierce | May 11, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce The bad news: White American evangelicals are the strongest proponents of a political agenda that advances harsh immigration policies, misconstrues “religious liberty” into a license for discrimination, and distributes its moral outrage according to...
