We do not lasso grace, grace lassos us.
From my latest Can We Talk?
… Continue reading Read MoreLast month I was invited to do a breakout session for the Mockingbird Tulsa Conference. The theme was The Kindness of Grace. Father Everett told me the theme was an omage to Ted Lasso. Today’s
What are a couple of Southern Baptists doing among the Liberals?
From my recent Substack, Can We Talk?
Taken together, these two events, the question I received in Tulsa and Marty’s trolls, led me to reformulate Voltaire’s speculation regarding Southern Baptists.
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Following Jesus is different.
From my latest Substack newsletter, Can We Talk?
… Continue reading Read MoreHe gestures toward the images adorning the ceiling: “I paint all this suffering, but I do not suffer myself. I make a living of it.” Franz, too, looks up, knowingly, it seems, but says nothing. The painter
From my latest Substack offering,
Apply this to the claim that Christians owe no one anything despite the Apostle Paul’s ethical position. It should be easy to see that American Democracy defended by those who fail to read and employ Scriptural ethics imperil both our Country and Christian Witness. … Continue reading
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From my recent Substack: Can We Talk?
If you are like me, growing up in a Southern Baptist Fundamentalist version of the Christian Faith, any reference to anything in the Bible as myth raised a red flag. It was probably worse than that. For many, it still is.
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