Advertisements have become one of the features of many blogs and websites. There is certainly nothing wrong with hoping to monetize one’s love for writing and engaging others thoughtfully. But, this requires a very broad and widely read website. For some of us who write as a means of processing thoughts and thinking provocatively about [...]
Tag Archive: Marty Duren
Tornadoes and God or God and Tornados
Living in Tornado Alley we watch weather about as much as we watch Sooner Football. In fact if a storm blows up hours from where we live, Gary will preempt programming so the rest of the state may watch the potential calamity. We are glad for the warnings. It’s just that sometimes, the lack of [...]
“If We Were the GCR Task Force …” – Marty Gets It Rolling
Missional Marty officially breaks out of semi-retirement to offer some initial thoughts on what is hoped to be a constructive conversation about the latest (G)CR turn in the SBC. In one of the many vintage Duren lines from the post is this point that gets at the heart of the need for the Great Commandment [...]
What If SBC Outpost Reflected on the GCR and the SBC?
Leading up to this year’s SBC Annual meeting some of we alums from the old SBC Outpost shared some independent conversations. (Yes, there were three iterations of SBC Outpost. I will decline comment on any single iteration and not spar with a soul over “which one was better.”)
“What are your thoughts about the GCR?,” tended [...]
The Semiotics of the GCR in the SBC
Some semioticians argue meaning is carried in codes. It would be interesting to study the SBC since the CR for just this kind of communication. Many still measure a person’s commitment to the Scriptures in code – inerrancy. The ACP is code for “Who is “getting it done?” Whatever “it” is since we really cannot [...]
Cole and Duren Review Burleson
Blogs have niches. In our denomination (SBC) some bloggers self-identify as a “denominational blog.” That is, what they write about pertains to some or all aspects of the Southern Baptist Convention. Over the past few years a number of people spent some time writing in this space. Ben Cole and Marty Duren are two prominent [...]
Slavery By Any Other Name – Tragic
Over at MartyDuren.com, Marty is offering a four part series based on his interview with Pulitzer Prize winning Douglas Blackmon. He begins,
It seems fitting that this series is being launched on the holiday to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. since the primary subject matter of this interview ended with the founding [...]
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