Year: 2011

NOTE: This article was originally published on April 20, 2011, on the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Web site (www.bjconline.org). WASHINGTON – In a 6-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prisoners cannot seek damages against the state under a federal law when their right to the free exercise of religion is violated. The Baptist Joint Read more . . .

I‘ve spent part of this week in San Antonio for meetings with several Baptist leaders, and next week I’ll be in Abilene for the annual T. B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics. Baptist Briefs will resume on Monday, April 18. The next 10 days will be a good time for you to “catch up” on Read more . . .

I’ll be on the road for meetings in San Antonio tomorrow, so I’ve posted tomorrow’s Baptist Brief a day early.

(from the Web site of Associated Baptist Press, March 28, 2011) by David Gushee Distinguished Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University What is the proper relationship between conviction and freedom? By “conviction,” I simply mean clear theological and ethical beliefs and the willingness to communicate such beliefs just as clearly, one goal of such communication Read more . . .