Category: Church Issues

1.  “Grant us, O Lord, not to mind earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to cleave to those that shall...

1. In the wake of the recent Supreme Court rulings, many of my fellow clergy have made public pronouncements exulting over the “victories” won for “our side”. This…is a problem to me.   I’m...

An Empty Vessel Once there was such a thing as a Regula Fidei, that is to say, there was  a rule of faith to which believers subscribed.  It could be as basic as the...

1. I just realized that a lot of places are closed today…and confess that I had to look up why…I’ll do better next year… 2. What did the SBC and other church institutions learn...

The big story on Christian social media today is a Washington Post article describing how Franklin Graham pressured Naghmeh Panahi to reconcile with her (then) husband Saeed Abedini despite his continual abuse. In 2016...

1. The Southern Baptist Convention is holding its annual meeting in Anaheim, CA this week. There is much cyber ink being spilled wondering how the group will respond to the sexual abuse reports that...

1. One of the things many of us wonder about when a religious leader falls is whether that person ever really believed in the first place, or if they simply knew a good scam...