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May 8 was a disappointing day.  Amendment One – the constitutional amendment banning all legal recognition of same-sex relationships – passed in North Carolina.  And passed by a healthy margin.  I had recently been involved – albeit in a small way – in the campaign against Amendment One.  While not surprised that the amendment passed, [...]

[For background, please see my last post: Richard Land the Plagiarist: Top SBC Ethicist Stirs Up Controversy With Someone Else's Rant.] In the last post, I revealed that Richard Land passed off as his own – plagiarized – two separate columns during his March 31st radio program. I received more than a few e-mails asking [...]

Richard Land is the President of the ETHICS & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. A controversy began to brew on April 2 when Associated Baptist Press reported on Richard Land’s comments regarding the Trayvon Martin tragedy – “Land says activists using Trayvon Martin” –  on his Nashville radio program Richard Land Live [...]

The Alliance of Baptists will meet later this week in Austin, Texas to celebrate the small progressive denomination’s 25th anniversary: We began as a dissenting voice in Baptist life 25 years ago. Today we are the many voices of progressive Christians around the world seeking to respond to the continuing call of God in a [...]

[Last week, I penned a post which chronicled the emerging controversy in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship over sexuality issues.  That was part-1 and this is part-2 of this CBF & Sexuality blog series here at www.thebigdaddyweave.com] Moderator Colleen Burroughs recently told the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council that she had hoped to “have a conversation” [...]

[This is Part 1 of a multi-part series.  Part 1 chronicles this emerging controversy as it has played out in online media.  Part 2 will feature my thoughts and reflections.  Look for that post in the upcoming days.] There’s been a great deal of talk – much of it rumblings and rumors – in the [...]

Below is a round-up of my recent blog posts here at the BDW Blog: Video: People of Faith Against North Carolina’s Anti-Gay Amendment One (3/30) Jimmy Carter Backs Abortion-Reduction and Restricting Abortion Rights (3/29) Robert George Replaces Richard Land on U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom (3/28) My Thoughts on Al Mohler’s interview of former President [...]

Check out this video titled “People of Faith Against Amendment One” produced by the Coalition to Protect North Carolina Families. The short-video features several North Carolina Baptist pastors among other Christian and Jewish clergy.  

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter recently called on the Democratic Party to back abortion-reduction efforts and restrictions on abortion rights. On a media tour promoting his latest and most unique book – NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter – the former President had this to say about abortion during an interview [...]

Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, recently concluded his service on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).  Land’s service ended due to mandated term limits for commissioners. Land served on the commission from 2001-2004 and 2005-2012.    Four other commissioners’ terms ended on March 22. [...]