That time I got an angry call from the subject of an article about anger and abuse
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 23, 2025. Editor’s note: It is BNG’s policy to correct factual errors as soon as possible after learning about those errors. In the case of Rick Pidcock’s earlier piece mentioned here, we have not been informed of any factual errors or asked to make any […]
Allegations against Tim Whitaker and The New Evangelicals show how hierarchy transfers to progressive ministries
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 20, 2025. Spiritual abuse while protecting a theological and institutional hierarchy is a common story in conservative evangelicalism today. But on Sunday night, the script appeared to flip when news broke that Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment had been investigating Tim Whitaker and […]
Why we can’t convince some Christians to love their neighbor
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 14, 2025. It shouldn’t be this difficult to convince conservative Christians to love their neighbor. But in seemingly every example of someone in power mistreating the marginalized these days, the Religious Right sides with the person in power. The presence those on the right have in […]
Our debate ultimately is about the dignity and humanity of women
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 5, 2025. A conservative friend on social media recently admitted that some of the storylines around Donald Trump’s second term have been extreme but concluded this is simply the way the pendulum swings. In one sense, what he said was true. Since Jimmy Carter, the Democrats […]