by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 28, 2011 | Opinion
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention are thinking about changing the organization’s name — again — and I suspect the idea will get a lot more traction this time than in previous attempts, in part because SBC president Bryant Wright appears to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 26, 2011 | Opinion
My colleague Barry Jones recently pointed me to an article by Mark Noll that reviews two recent books on Baptist history. In “So You’re a Baptist: What Might That Mean?” Noll reviews the wide variety of Baptist bodies worldwide, and wonders what, if...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 24, 2011 | Opinion
I’m not much of a shopper, especially as a destination experience, but I finally got around to visiting an IKEA store. I’ve heard people talk about IKEA as if the stores had pearly gates and golden streets. I’ve known of folks who drive more than 100...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 21, 2011 | Opinion
Moammar Gadhafi is dead and another revolution is over — or is it? The trouble with overturning a government is figuring out what to do next and getting it done before another uprising begins. I know this firsthand. Most people would never suspect that...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 19, 2011 | News
The subject of “calling out the called” is nothing new, but many observers are feeling a new urgency about it. Recent statistics are lacking, but an Alban Institute study in 2000 showed that in several mainline denominational groups, the percentage of...
