by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 25, 2009 | Opinion
Since I was born in 1983, I was too young to be conscious of all the happenings that led to the present division of Baptists into the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Nevertheless, I became painfully aware of many details during my...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 19, 2009 | Opinion
In the gospels we encounter stories that depict some churches all the time, and all churches some of the time. Consider Luke 10:38-42 – the story of Mary and Martha. Martha rightly seeks to be hospitable to Jesus, running around on the brink of insanity while Mary...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 17, 2009 | Opinion
Jesus had a tendency to turn people away. Not just every now and then, but with great consistency. In Matthew Jesus arrives at his hometown synagogue, the church in which he was raised, and the text says “they took offense at him” (Matthew 13:57). In Mark...
