One Southern Baptist leader faced backlash for comments about the President-Elect during the campaign. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, was a vocal critic of Trump leading up to the election. Read…
Meredith Flynn
My visit to Philly: Let hope ring
We’re tired of listening, tired of arguing, tired of walking to an end that will inevitably leave at least half the nation unsatisfied, and maybe angry. But in Philadelphia on a bright October morning, my husband, Chris, and I found hopeful people. Perhaps it’s the reminder that the people who gathered at Independence Hall 240 years earlier to sign first the Declaration of Independence and, later, the U.S. Constitution, fought for something larger than themselves—a truly free society, a democracy that embraced good for all while also committing itself to invaluable individual liberties. Read…
The Midwest Takeover
We usually think of pioneers as starters, people who are willing to do hard, unheard-of things – impossible even – for the sake of a better future. As the work of sharing the gospel and making disciples gets more difficult, this influx of the “pioneer spirit” could be just what the SBC needs. Read…