by John D. Pierce | Apr 16, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Often evangelicals, including many Southern Baptists, have fought the idea of genuine religious liberty during the growing ethnic and religious diversification that has swept across the nation in recent decades. They’ve whined about being here first and...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 14, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Whenever the Boynton Baptist Church youth group of my generation gathered — and we gathered often — Glenda Nichols was there. I don’t recall her (or any other adult who engaged with our fun, close group) being called a chaperone. Glenda was simply an...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 13, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Cousin Pearl would call my mother to express her high anxiety over “the way things are going.” Her alarm was not surprising; she was getting old and spending too much time watching daytime television. My mother would listen to her long lament, then...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 27, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Just when you think most of the damage is done there arises those who blend their narrow theology and narrow political ideology into yet another poisonous stew. Such mixtures have fed discrimination, arrogance and hostilities for much, much too long....
by John D. Pierce | Feb 22, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Christianity, along with other faith traditions, is often soiled by the abuse of power, harsh legalism, and the accommodation and even advocacy of racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. Religious faith often looks very ugly. Martin Thielen...
