Denominational Commentary

Weaver on Land, his Legacy, and the SBC

Aaron Weaver challenges the self-perception of Richard Land, the evaluation of Land’s good friend Paige Patterson, and suggests Dr. land will continue to wage  an inconsistent culture war.

On Land’s record of racial reconciliation Weaver concludes,

Despite the wishful thinking of devoted friend Paige Patterson, Land will not

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Learning from the Wilsons or, Scanning Is Different from Reading

I am bracing myself. Jeff notified me SBC Voices would be running another guest post derived from my series, Ruled Out of Order. The stand alone post carries the title, Needed: Prophets Not Protectors. It is my renamed Part 2. It posted midday last Friday.

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Ruled Out of Order or, A Pusillanimous SBC Part 4 – The Last

Ed Stetzer once remarked that the Southern Baptist Convention had preached out its most creative leaders then turned and preached out its most thoughtful leaders. You do realize what is left? The SBC is bereft of creative, thinking leaders. I am sure that was not the intended conclusion Stetzer … Continue reading

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Guest Post Over at SBC Voices

Dave Miller left for Taiwan. Jeff Musgrave is now Deputy in Charge at SBC Voices. I offered my series Ruled Out of Order as guests posts to help fill the gap left by Dave “Stephen King of Voices” Miller. Dave contributes with solid regularity. His absence may, … Continue reading

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Ruled Out of Order or, A Pusillanimous SBC Part 3

I have never been to an RNC or a DNC but I have been to several Annual Meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention. I suspect the Republican and Democratic National Conventions are not too dissimilar from the SBC Annual Meeting or vice versa. In all three meetings, I am … Continue reading

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