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Too often we think of Thanksgiving as a holiday. We think of turkey, family, and football. Are these the things that should come to mind when we consider Thanksgiving? I say, “no.” I also believe that Scripture would also teach us the same. Why did the Pilgrims gather to give thanks? Hint: it wasn’t...
Ok, I’ll be honest. I’m a Fundamentalist Christian. I am also a very conservative person when it comes to politics. I must say that I cannot understand why Christians want to post the Ten Commandments all over the place. (They even have them posted outside of one of the buildings where I am pastor...
Despite all the many other ways in which Southern Baptist churches cooperate, Southern Baptist officials have propounded the doctrine of local church autonomy as an excuse for denominational do-nothingness on clergy sex abuse. This religious rationalization rests on an island that is void of any moral ground. If Baptist churches cannot cooperate on...
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Wouldn’t that be a good idea? Someone obviously thought so. Louisiana College, a small Southern Baptist college in Pineville, La., plans to open a tuition-free graduate school for ministers next August. A foundation has promised $1 million or more a year “in perpetuity” for the Caskey School of Divinity, said Joe Aguillard, president of...
We’ve all undertaken home improvements but these residents in flood-stricken Mississippi have had to embark on major construction projects just to protect their houses and livelihoods. These homes in Vicksburg are all situated along the Yazoo River, a tributary of the overflowing Mississippi River, and their owners have surrounded themselves with tons of earth...
Christian persecution has increased exponentially under U.S. occupation. As one top Vatican official put it, Christians, “paradoxically, were more protected under the dictatorship” of Saddam Hussein. What does one make of this—that under Saddam, who was notorious for human rights abuses, Christians were better off than they are under a democratic government sponsored...
First of all, I have no solution to the problem. Second, the folk in D.C. simply don’t care what you and I think, anyway. Never the less, I have a few thoughts on the issue, seeing it’s such a hot topic. I’m rethinking things because I think my approach has not necessarily been biblical....
Fundamentalism Is Inherently Loving. Yes, you read that correctly. Fundamentalism is inherently loving. The Koran burning people and the “God hates fags” people (Fred Phelps, et al) are not Fundamentalists, no matter what the evening news anchor says. In spite of what they, themselves may say, they are not conducting themselves in...
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