Posts Tagged ‘Southern Baptists’
Review: In the Name of God
In the Name of God: The Colliding Lives, Legends, and Legacies of J. Frank Norris and George W. Truett O. S. Hawkins, B & H Academic, Nashville, 2021 O. S. Hawkins gives us a work of much interest to fundamentalist Baptists, In the Name of God: The Colliding Lives, Legends, and Legacies of J. Frank…
Read MoreFundamentalism and the SBC
Still More Reflections of the 2021 SBC Convention [Note: You can find Dr. Straub’s two previous reflections on the 2021 SBC meeting here and here. Ed.] In the aftermath of the Nashville meeting of a few weeks ago, SBC pundits are still musing on the successes and failures of the 2021 convention. On the plus…
Read MoreA Second Conservative Resurgence in the SBC?
As interesting as this may sound, that may actually be what’s afoot in the Southern Baptist (SBC) world. For the record, my roots are there. Before college, I was a member of an SBC church. I was baptized in one, married in another one, and earned a PhD from an SBC school. Much of my…
Read MoreConservative resurgence stalled?
The Eclectic Web – SBC edition Two articles regarding the Southern Baptist Convention indicate that no action will be taken about a recent controversy over New Heart Community Church in La Mirada, California. The pastor of this church recently announced a change of views regarding homosexuality when his son announced that he was a homosexual.
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