Christian Zionism: An Oxymoron

A few weeks ago televangelist John Hagee took a group to the nation’s capitol where he pushed his Christian Zionism agenda for Israel. His phrase “Christian Zionism” could not be more contradictory. It is more cult than Christianity. Hagee topped off...

Friends in High Places

One of the joys of living in New York City is to be able to visit great historic churches and participate in their worship services. One Sunday in May 2000 I attended the Riverside Church, famous for the preaching of Harry Emerson Fosdick. The church was led until...

“I don’t belong to me…”

Campbell University celebrated graduation day for chancellor Norman A. Wiggins Aug. 5 in a two-hour service characterized by admiration, humor, and praise. The program featured hymns typically sung during Campbell’s graduation ceremonies, and more than one...

House Advances Environmental Good with Energy Bill

Partisan political power matters morally. Partisan politics are often necessary in a sinful world. That doesn’t mean partisan politics equal moral perfection or that one party is the party of God. It does mean that partisan power has the potential to establish a...

Particularism and pluralism

Baptist historian Bill Leonard, dean of the divinity school at Wake Forest University, is a prolific writer who has the ability of writing in both an entertaining and thought-provoking fashion. During a Baptist History Celebration in Charleston Aug. 1-3, Leonard...

Not a controversy?

Readers who have followed our blog accounts of the Baptist History Celebration in Charleston this week will know that both Bruce Gourley and I have noted that the meeting has incorporated a diversity of Baptists, but with a distinct Calvinist flavor. While former...