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Don Hinkle on Anonymous Sources

If you’re a regular reader of SBC blogs, you know that a prominent group blog recently posted, without any corroboration, a letter supposedly written by an anonymous seminary professor which charged two of our seminary presidents with all manner of sinful behavior. The blog then tried to compare itself to an actual news organization that [...]

Anonymity and Sovreignty (Re-Post)

[This is a re-posting of an article I posted on my former blog back in early May, when I had, at most, six daily readers. In light of the anonymous bombings that have taken place on various blogs recently, I thought I would pull it from the archives.]
One of the things I found interesting about [...]

Memphis and Me

For a time after the Memphis summit and the publication of the Memphis Declaration, I considered adding my name to those who were not there, but wanted to publicly affirm their agreement with the document. But I never reached a sense of peace about the document, and so I have not added my name. I [...]

Anonymity and Sovereignty

One of the things I found interesting about the process of interviewing with the pastor search committee at the church I now serve was their concern with my future plans. It is understandable that, with the average tenure of pastors in our denomination hovering around two years, churches are concerned that someone not come on [...]

Friendly Fire

A recent post by Paul Littleton is a description of his struggle with the direction of the Southern Baptist Convention and his place in it. He shares honestly, even acknowledging his gratuitous jab at the ERLC, and while I anticipate disagreeing with his conclusions, I appreciate his honesty. I say ‘anticipate’ because he ends with [...]

“Pastor Joe”

I was surfing around the SBC blog world tonight when I came across a comment that raises some issues I want to address. The blog where the comment was made was Standing for Truth, published by the ubiquitous and pseudonymous (big words, huh?) Villa Rica.
The specific comment was on a post that was really a [...]