News & Commentary About All Things Baptist

On Monday, December 15, the United States Supreme Court turned down another challenge to President-elect Obama’s eligibility to serve as president because of his citizenship. The most recent challenger, Cort Wrotnowski of Greenwich, Connecticut, argued that Obama was a British subject at birth and thus was not a “natural born citizen.” Just two days later, [...]

Most of you have heard about the Pulpit Initiative planned for today. If you haven’t, here is a short synopsis from the LA Times: Setting the stage for a collision of religion and politics, Christian ministers from California and 21 other states will use their pulpits Sunday to deliver political sermons or endorse presidential candidates [...]

“I have never have been worried about the IRS. They don’t scare me. I don’t give a rip about the IRS. I don’t believe in the separation of church and state and I believe the IRS should stay out of church business.” – Wiley Drake, pastor & former 2nd VP of SBC

Frederick Clarkson of Talk2Action has responded to Wiley Drake’s denial with a thoughtful and timely post. Like last time, I will post snippets below but read Clarkson’s entire article before responding… What public figures do when they get caught doing or saying something controversial is endlessly interesting. Sometimes they puff on a big cigar and [...]

Please read this post from Frederick Clarkson of Talk2Action…. A Top Leader of the Southern Baptist Convention Endorsed Domestic Terrorism. Shouldn’t That Be News? Snippets won’t do Clarkson’s post justice. I’ll offer a few tidbits below – but check out the fullversion at Talk2Action. And now there is the vice president of the Southern Baptist [...]

Check out this EthicsDaily.com article on Wiley Drake, 2nd Vice President of the SBC. The Southern Poverty Law Center criticized the Southern Baptist Convention for electing a second vice president last June whose name appears on a “Declaration of Support for James Kopp,” a man convicted of killing a doctor because he provided abortions. Already [...]