I’ve received numerous messages, emails, and texts in the days since the announcement that I would become the next editor of The Christian Index. For all of those I’m extremely humbled. Since …

NOTE: Originally published on June 4, this updated version reflects information since provided by Shelby Sharpe, legal counsel for Paige Patterson. All of us have been besieged by the floodtide …

On June 5 the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Colorado baker Jack Phillips, owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, regarding his refusal to provide a cake for a gay wedding. WIKIPEDIA COMMON/Jeffrey …

Yesterday I wrote an editorial entitled “What to Expect at the Southern Baptist Convention. In an effort to give Dr. Paige Patterson the benefit of the doubt I suggested that he may want to preach …

I was at the much-heralded Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas in 1985. Gregory Wills, professor of church history and dean of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, called the 1985 annual meeting …