by John D. Pierce | Apr 29, 2009 | Opinion
It was hard not to laugh when reading the Baptist Press story about Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) president Johnny Hunt issuing a new declaration — with hundreds of signatures from other SBC leaders — calling for a “Great Commission Resurgence” within...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 28, 2009 | Opinion
Jesus said: “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). He did not say: “…and the truth shall make you obnoxious.”Yet often that is how Christians in the public arena come across — as know-it-alls eager to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 25, 2009 | Opinion
Baptists Today honored James M. Dunn with its ninth annual Judson-Rice Award April 24. More than 270 persons attended the dinner event at Bridger Field House in Winston-Salem, held between sessions of a regional New Baptist Covenant celebration meeting in Wait Chapel...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 23, 2009 | Opinion
The high price of division continues to climb in the ongoing legal efforts of the Missouri Baptist Convention against five breakaway agencies. Even after losing a recent court decision involving Windermere Baptist Conference Center,the fundamentalist-led MBC is...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 21, 2009 | Opinion
In any dining establishment, a “regular” is someone who does not have to verbalize his or her order.”Your usual, hon’?””Yes, please.”That’s all of the communication needed. Roland, a Presbyterian layman and early-bird...
