Autism and Easter

She was born perfect. She was born perfect. Second-born child with blonde hair, bright eyes and all the right sounds: “God had smiled on us,” her mother said. Life was good. Halfway through her second year a sinister spirit seeped into the soul of the...

Carman Sharp’s Baptist DNA

More and more we read about DNA and its accuracy. Can we all agree that the DNA left by Carman Sharp finds him guilty of being a Baptist in the very best sense of the word? He knew that being Baptist meant you ought to use your brain and not be fearful of it. His...

Is Biblical Counseling Biblical?

It should come as no surprise that Southern Seminary has announced that the pastoral care and counseling curriculum formed under the direction of Wayne Oates should now be replaced by model known as “biblical” counseling. The reductionistic logic of...

God Loves Gays as People

To my gay bothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. I’ve received numerous communiques demanding an apology for a previous column I penned. And I agree. But if any apology is due, it should be to be made to the gay community. I am sorry...

Sheep in a World of Wolves

The faith tradition I love and have given the last 25 years of my life to serve is under assault. Wolves in sheep’s clothing have slipped into the fold and are systematically shearing the faithful to the bone. Not just money, though a truck load of cash has...