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Quoted by Reuters or, What About My Other Comments On the SBC?

Wednesday morning Kathy Finn, a stringer for Reuters, asked if she could speak with me about recent events at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans. I had just sat down after losing an appeal to overrule the Chair regarding a motion I Continue reading

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Will There Be Blood or, SBC Proxy Wars

When Southern Baptists get together we talk about blood, the blood of Jesus. The 2012 Pastor’s Conference provided opportunity to hear from long time SBC voices, new young voices, and even an outsider who we learned would like to be an insider. For two days the talk was about … Continue reading

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If Not a PAC or Lobby Then What or, One More Reason to Disband the ERCL in the SBC

The ever gutsy Dave Miller over at SBC  Voices got hammered for suggesting we no longer need the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Some raced in to tout the helpful work of the ERCL. I still am looking for evidence. Instead I keep finding … Continue reading

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Timing Is Everything or, Are We Witnessing a Wagging Dog In the SBC

The OKC Thunder takes the biggest stage in basketball in less than half an hour. Some of us on vacation faced a dilemma. Head out for an evening fishing jaunt or stay and watch the entire game between the Thunder and the Heat. Timing is everything.

Politics is often … Continue reading

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While the SBC Blogosphere Blows Up

The hill across the lake where we once vacationed as children displays the aftermath of a tornado. Adjacent the power dam where we like to fish shows signs the ecosystem has been adjusted by the not too distant storm.

Reading SBC Voices while the rain is keeping us off … Continue reading

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