by John D. Pierce | Jun 21, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce It doesn’t mean much to say one believes the Bible. Just consider all the conflicting and often awful stuff said over the centuries, and even recently, by those claiming biblical authority. Not surprising, there are many people who reject the Bible...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 21, 2018 | Opinion
Baptists have been my spiritual tribe as I walked my faith journey. From running through the halls of exciting Eastwood Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attending Baptist summer camps to being trained by Baptist seminaries and employed by Baptist congregations...
by Bojangles Blanchard | Jun 21, 2018 | Opinion
It was 6:30 a.m. June 14, and a historic moment was minutes away. Nathan Russell and I met outside the Reunion E Conference Room at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Dallas. We were co-leading the creation of the Affirming Network within the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship...
by Michael Parnell | Jun 21, 2018 | Opinion
Being a pastor means that if a movie comes to the local theater about a pastor, I have to go see it. Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” presents a pastor who has lost his way. Ethan Hawke is Rev. Ernst Toller, a pastor at an old historic church in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 20, 2018 | Opinion
Today the Jezreel dig team traveling through Campbell University Divinity School and Nurturing Faith Experiences finished our last day of serious digging: tomorrow involves lots of brushing, cleaning, photographs, and odd jobs. The crew has been faithful and fabulous,...
by Bob Browning | Jun 20, 2018 | Opinion
What does comprehensive immigration reform look like? I don’t know, but I know what it does not look like. What if we treated every desperate person at our borders who was at the end of their rope as if they were a part of our family? How would this influence...
