The last few years have been unsettling for Southern Baptists. These days, we’re more apt to be defined by our differences than by our common cause. As a result, some believe that healing division within the Southern Baptist Convention is impossible. I disagree. It will, however, require using reason over[...]

After last week’s annual meeting in Dallas, it appears we have a paradigm shift in the Southern Baptist Convention. We’ve become culturally sensitive and biblically aware, when we need to be biblically sensitive and culturally aware. Here’s what I mean. If we feel a need to pass resolutions about things[...]

Various SBC leaders have recently issued strong public statements denouncing things like the abuse of women and the moral failure of Christian leaders. I’m not taking issue with their stance on any of their chosen topics. What has me scratching my head is the disconnect that some of our denominational[...]

Dr. Paige Patterson is living in hashtag hell. You know, a barrage of public comments and opinions without full knowledge of the people or events involved. The nature of social media quickly spirals into a modern-day public stoning. People choose a side, then choose words to hurl like digital stones.[...]

I saw an interesting correlation between the current state of the SBC and the life of King Saul while reading Major W. Ian Thomas’s classic book, The Saving Life of Christ. In the chapter entitled, The Man Who Forgot to Remember, he looks at the account of King Saul’s actions[...]