Switching Conventions Part 3: Personal Implications

“But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.  Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time.  After that, have nothing to do with him.  You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self condemned.”  [...]

What the World Should See When it Looks at the Church

12Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.  15Let the [...]

Today’s Prayer Walk

Normally, I don’t have a routine when it comes to prayer walking.  I do pray as I walk, at times, when I am prompted to do so by something I see which reminds me to pray, or by a need that comes to mind at that moment.  Today, however was a bit different.
Actually, it was [...]

A Great Day in Philadelphia

For most people who know me, my love of history is very evident.  I taught it to high school students for a number of years, and have extensively studied it beyond even what that would require.  Visiting historical sites is as much of a thrill for me as riding giant roller coasters is for enthusiasts [...]

Specifics, Please

http://www.txbc.org/2009ARancher’sRumblings/2009September4.htm
Specifically, what lies are being told, and what would be the TBC response to them on behalf of the BGCT?

Understanding Truth

“If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing.  He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissention, slander, evil suspicions, and [...]

Can Change Come to the BGCT? Will it Matter?

There are those out there who do not think that  change can occur in the BGCT, or that if it did, it would matter.
There’s no question that change is needed, and that many people who are active in convention life recognize this.  A couple of years ago, we did what Baptists do when we wake [...]

Pray and Go Directly to Jail; Do Not Pass Go

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/17/Florida.school.prayer/index.html
If we needed an indication that we are over-legislated, this incident is definitely an indication of that.
People who do not understand the Christian faith have a hard time grasping the fact that Christians cannot just turn their “religion” on and off like a light, depending on the circumstances in which they find themselves.  Christianity isn’t [...]

If You Were Dying, And I Had the Cure…

There is a solution to the health care debate that is now occupying the center stage of American politics.  If I knew what it was, I’d write a book and make a fortune.  The problem is that the combination of our polarized political system, the introduction of health care as a political issue, and a [...]

It’s Getting Ugly: The Politics of Health Care

The shouting matches in this summer’s town hall meetings being held by various members of Congress are a demonstration of the intensity of the health care debate.  The problem, aside from the conduct of people who are behaving inappropriately, mostly at the direction of the talk radio announcers who do their thinking for them, is that [...]