The members of First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, Mississippi who recently drew cultural scrutiny of their Christian witness after preventing an African American couple from wedding at the church has offered an apology and asked for forgiveness. Dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, Russell D. Moore said […]
“My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in the spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. Bear one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if those who are nothing think […]
I am not certain when or from whom this belief originates or what makes it true. But, I have heard it expressed by persons without theological training or even remote interest in the subject, who I believe have neither read the Bible in its entirety nor do they wish to. However, I think they would […]
“Immediately, he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the boat, battered by the […]
I’m not searching for a middle ground, an either/or, both/and solution to race. I don’t believe in compromise when it comes to the matter for the loss is too great if race remains in our lives. No one will win; no one ever has. I find nothing of use in the designations of race or its […]