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Bill Self Preaches @ New Baptist Covenant

(Bill Self and Otis Moss Jr.)

Bill Self is the Senior Pastor of Johns Creek Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. His message on the separation of church and state is one of the most powerful that I’ve heard in a long long long time. Check out this quote:
“When Church And State Go To [...]

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A Time For Honesty: John McCain & Judicial Activism

Don Byrd of the Baptist Joint Committee’s Blog from the Capital has posted a collection of quotes from the recent Values Voter Summit hosted by the Family Research Council. Check it out.
Here’s a quote from John McCain:

My friends, if America stands for anything, it stands for the freedom to follow our own hearts, [...]

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Richard Land & The Tyranny of the Majority

In the September/October issue of LIBERTY magazine, G. Edward Reid offers a thoughtful critique of Richard Land’s The Divided States of America? What Liberals AND Conservatives are missing in the God-and-Country shouting match. LIBERTY magazine is a religious freedom outreach project sponsored by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Reid’s fascinating review details Land’s neo-majoritarian approach (i.e. majority [...]

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Barack Obama, John Leland, and Religious Liberty

Check out this interview/exchange between David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network and Barack Obama….

Brody Question: There is the so-called “religious left“ in this country that focuses primarily on social justice issues and there is the so-called “religious right” in this country that focuses more on personal salvation and the life and marriage issues. Some [...]

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That Good Ole Idolatrous Civil Religion….

Don Byrd of the Baptist Joint Committee’s Blog From The Capital reported on Thursday that Christian protesters had disrupted the Senate’s morning prayer — being delivered for the first time in United States history by a Hindu chaplain.
See for yourself….

TPMCafe has details about the protesters with a play-by-play below….
The three protesters, who all belong [...]

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The Baptist Studies Bulletin

The July issue of The Baptist Studies Bulletin is now available courtesy of Mercer University’s Center For Baptist Studies.
The Table of Contents is as follows:

“The Divine Gift” - by Walter Shurden
“Why I Am Excited About The New Baptist Covenant” - by David Emmanuel Goatley
“The Spirituality of Roger Williams” - by Doug Weaver
“My Favorite Books on [...]

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