Wade Burleson

Reading Dead People, Leading Life Giving Community: An Interview with Wade Burleson

Former President of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma and Trustee with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Wade Burleson is not currently involved in denominational politics. Church, community and family take up his time.… Continue reading

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Will Paige Patterson Endorse Article 3 in Baltimore?

The better question may be, “Is Paige Patterson Now An Advocate for Broader Baptist Parameters After Being For Narrower Baptist Parameters?” … Continue reading

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God Has a Favorite Place on Earth? Tell Us About It Frank Viola

I met Frank Viola in the fall of 2007, in the Bahamas. Since that time I have followed his writing, though not reading every book. Today I purchased a Kindle copy of God’s Favorite Place on Earth. Why? Maybe it is Frank’s adept marketing. He has proven he … 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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“Code Language” – Powers Behaving Badly

Conservative. Liberal. Something of a surprise revelation and an accompanying observation was made Sunday as a group of leaders gathered to discuss Tim Keller‘s, Generous Justice, at Snow Hill. Yes, I know. Yesterday I mentioned my friends reading Jacob Taubes and today I note a group where … Continue reading

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