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Abortion Abolitionism and the SBC – Further Reflections on Nashville, 2021

Abortion Abolitionism and the SBC – Further Reflections on Nashville, 2021

by Jeff | Jun 23, 2021 | Strange Days

UPDATED 6/24/2021 Last week, I summarized my takeaway from observing, via the internet, most of the 2021 SBC annual meeting in Nashville. It was the largest attended convention since the end of the Conservative Resurgence, twenty-five years ago, in part because of its...
Reflections on “Attending” the SBC 2021 Convention in Nashville

Reflections on “Attending” the SBC 2021 Convention in Nashville

by Jeff | Jun 17, 2021 | Theological Issues

No, I wasn’t present in Nashville this week, so technically I didn’t attend, but thanks to the modern technological advances, I was able to watch much of the meeting from the comfort of my home in Minneapolis. I tried to follow the elections, the resolutions, and the...
The Prophet Has Died! Nigeria’s T. B. Joshua dead at 57!

The Prophet Has Died! Nigeria’s T. B. Joshua dead at 57!

by Jeff | Jun 10, 2021 | Numbering Our Days

This week has been an extraordinary one for writing topics. On a personal level, Minnesota is in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave and we were without air conditioning over the weekend. On Saturday, Minneapolis broke a high temperature record, hitting 100! We...
“Rosa Parks and James Coates: Are They Riding the Same Bus?”

“Rosa Parks and James Coates: Are They Riding the Same Bus?”

by Jeff | Jun 3, 2021 | The current crisis

Last week a friend wrote to me drawing a loose comparison between Rosa Parks (1913–2005), the courageous African-American woman who refused to yield to the racially-constructed, Jim Crow-era rule that required blacks to sit in certain seats on a bus and to move if a...

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