Believing or Not Believing the Bible

We are in the midst of the Easter season. Christians everywhere continue to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. We have heard the Gospel stories about the crucifixion and the empty tomb and continue to hear with gladness words like, “Death has been swallowed up...

Education and the SBC Lifeboat Ethic

Baptist Christians in America should take notice: the strong, well-fortified and constituent-rich lifeboat called the Southern Baptist Convention is pulling away from a sinking culture, one burning with sin. This lifeboat comes in the shape of the “exit...

What’s Being Taught at Christian Schools?

I recall riding on a bus to D.C. and on the trip there was a lady reading a book about the Christian version of math. I found the idea rather strange that there was a definite biblical view distinctly different from the secular view of math. The creationism issue has...

BCE Moves to Virtual Office

The Baptist Center for Ethics is leaving behind a physical office space for a virtual space, beginning May 1. Good bye bricks and mortar. Hello telecommunications! Some may ask, what’s a virtual office? Others may want to know, why now? Still others may inquire,...

Co-Pastors

In 1996 our moderate Baptist friends in the Carolinas were not optimistic–a local Baptist congregation calling a husband and wife to serve as pastor? They didn’t think so. And sometimes we didn’t either. The compromising yet genuine suggestion was...