Its exact origin is uncertain, but spin doctor is often used to describe public relations experts as well as political or corporate representatives (emphasis added) whose job it is to put a ‘positive spin’ on events or situations. (“What is a Spin Doctor?”) Before most grassroots Southern Baptists (including me) became aware of SBC President Bryant Wright’s un-constitutional end-run around…
In the SBC, Silence is No Longer an Option!
If implemented, Wright’s vision of “a radical change in priorities” — which also is the vision of many fellow megachurch pastors — will not only effect changes in leadership and strategy throughout the SBC, but will radically redefine what it means to be a “Cooperating” Southern Baptist church. Instead of the bottom-up, grass-roots convention that we…
The Radical Redefintion of the SBC: Part 2
That didn’t take long. What many of us predicted would be the next phase in the destruction radical redefinition of the Southern Baptist Convention has now begun. With the unilateral appointment of a Name Change Task Force by SBC President Bryant Wright, the stage has been set for what will turn out to be one of the most divisive…
Muslims, Headgear & Amusement Parks
One of the wonderful freedoms that we enjoy in America is the freedom of religion. Enshrined as the first right in the First Amendment, Americans are free to practice (or not practice) the religion of their choice without fear of undue or unreasonable government interference. While the First Amendment is directed primarily at what government…
Michele Bachmann, Politicians & God as a Prop
Count me as unimpressed. That is, unimpressed with one of the top-tier Republican Presidential candidates, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Ms. Bachmann maybe a smart politician and a down-the-line conservative, but she comes across (at least to this observer) as somewhat of a flake. You never know what might come out of her mouth. And that,…