Preaching in a Political Year

From here on to next November, the temptation grows–the temptation to use your pulpit to help the party of your choice get elected. That’s nothing new, of course. These days the politicization of American religion is taken for granted. Newspapers published...

Pieces of Our Past

Among my most prized possessions are a couple of very old quilts. They are not just any old quilts discovered in a dust-covered box in the corner of an attic. They were made by my two grandmothers, especially for me. These were women whose lives crossed two centuries...

Canada’s Marriage Debate Dividing Christians

Few issues in recent years in Canadian society have sparked as much general public interest and passionate debate as the potential redefinition of marriage. Judicial decisions in three provinces (Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec) have challenged the historic and...

A Personal Note from BCE’s Executive Director

I rarely talk publicly about the founding of the Baptist Center for Ethics. But I need to now. I need for the readers of EthicsDaily.com, our shareholders, to know where we’ve been and where we are. When BCE was started 12 years ago, I had several organizational...

When Denominational Loss Is Victory

Talking with friends in Virginia about my move to Georgia and the opportunity to speak to you, one of them suggested that I describe what it is like to move from Baptist Promised Land back into captivity among the Egyptians. I offer three observations: First, when any...