by Ron Crawford | Mar 24, 2011 | Opinion
Trustees recently concluded two very productive days of meetings and brought to a conclusion the work of the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond’s Open Door Committee. The committee was created to study and recommend changes to the seminary’s business...
by Ron Crawford | Mar 21, 2011 | Opinion
Usually, I pay my respect to those with experience. I value the experience of others who are skilled, accomplished, knowledgeable and who simply have done it. Yet, there are times when experience is monumentally unhelpful. I have recognized this truth when a church...
by Ron Crawford | Feb 28, 2011 | Opinion
The term “blue-haired lady” brings a knowing smile to most ministers’ faces. We know her well! She has been in the church since Moses was pastor. She is faithful in her tithe, Sunday school class and criticism of all things 21st century. She wants to...
by Ron Crawford | Feb 14, 2011 | Opinion
I was in relatively warm Orlando visiting friends last Christmas when I attended Sunday services at College Park Baptist Church. I am a former pastor there, and now the pastor no longer wears a necktie for Sunday morning worship. This is a change for the church as I...
by Ron Crawford | Jan 19, 2011 | Opinion
In eulogizing victims of the Arizona shootings, President Obama urged Americans “to use words that heal, not wound.” In the days since the shooting, political pundits have used the tragedy to forward their own political agenda. Thus, the left has called...
