Resident Exile: A Conversation with Bill Borror
Recently a young friend mused in a text message, “Where are our (SBC) theologians?” His angst was palpable even if the question appeared on my phone.… Continue reading
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The Sharks Did Not Get Us
Stunned. A couple of weeks ago I sat waiting in my Sunday Bible Study room and felt the urge to check on one of my friends. I had not seen a Twitter update in some time and hoped he had not lost his battle with cancer.
He had.… Continue reading
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Operating Out of a Different Narrative: God and Guns with Amy Butler and Teer Hardy
Just two weeks after the Parkland School Shooting my friend Mary Duren invited four people to contribute to a discussion on the right to bear arms. The traffic on his posts was poor. It seems the news cycle had passed. … Continue reading
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Standing with the Sanitation Workers: A Reprise of Adam Clark on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Many teachers in Oklahoma walked out of their schools to the Oklahoma Capitol on Monday. They are still walking out. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The confluence of events should not lead us to think somehow the two events are … Continue reading
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MLK50: An SBC Rorschach Test – A Conversation with Alan Cross
Martin Luther King Jr. is something of a Rorschach Test for Southern Baptists. Enter the recent MLK50 event co-sponsored by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the SBC as evidence.… Continue reading
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