Category: Opinion/Reflection (2018-present)

Posts to the blog Thinking Critically . . . Acting Faithfully, which premiered in 2018

Responding to a reader’s concerns, Part 5: Seeing Jesus through different lenses – Does our faith shape our politics OR our politics shape our faith? 
by Bill Jones

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Click here to read Part 1. Click here to read Part 2. Click here to read Part 3. Click here to read Part 4. It is obvious that you and I have very different lenses through which we view things like Celebrate Freedom Sunday, Mike Pence’s speech, and so forth. We apparently even have different Read more . . .

Responding to a reader’s concerns, Part 4: FBC Dallas holds a political rally disguised as “worship” 
by Bill Jones

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Click here to read Part 1. Click here to read Part 2. Click here to read Part 3. Click here to read Part 5. In your previous email, you took issue with my calling Celebrate Freedom Sunday at FBC Dallas a “political rally.” I watched the entire “service,” and maybe I should have added another Read more . . .

Responding to a reader’s concerns, Part 3: Can a liberal Democrat be a Baptist . . . a Christian? 
by Bill Jones

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Click here to read Part 1. Click here to read Part 2. Click here to read Part 4. Click here to read Part 5. I was especially disappointed by your use of quotation marks enclosing the word “Baptist” as applied to Kamala Harris; then you made clear the reason – “her liberal political views are Read more . . .

Responding to a reader’s concerns, Part 2: What is the mission of Weekly Baptist Roundup? 
by Bill Jones

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Click here to read Part 1. Click here to read Part 3. Click here to read Part 4. Click here to read Part 5. Dear ————-, Your emails have left me a little puzzled. I appreciate your kind words of appreciation for Weekly Baptist Roundup. However, your request for “a balanced coverage of VP Mike Read more . . .

Responding to a reader’s concerns, Part 1: Letters, I get letters (with a wink and a nod to Perry Como) 
by Bill Jones

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Click here to read Part 2. Click here to read Part 3. Click here to read Part 4. Click here to read Part 5. I recently received two emails from a reader of my Weekly Baptist Roundup (WBR) e-newsletter. The questions and concerns expressed by this reader helped me to realize that not all WBR Read more . . .

The Cross and the Flag (audio)

Sermon by George Mason, Senior Pastor, Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, Sunday, July 4, 2004

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EDITOR’S NOTE: George Mason preached this sermon on July 4, 2004, which was the first time Joanna and I visited Wilshire Baptist Church (we became members soon after). I recently came across this sermon (I had copied it off the Wilshire Web site that summer of 2004 and put it on a CD), listened to Read more . . .

Babs Baugh: A friend, a mentor, an example

by Bill Jones, Editor & Publisher, Weekly Baptist Roundup; Exec. Dir., retired, Texas Baptists Committed

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In only three days since Babs Baugh’s passing, I’ve already read at least a half-dozen articles paying tribute to her life, and I know there will be many more to come. No one person can adequately tell the story of a life so very well-lived, a life that touched so many people. So we each tell Read more . . .

Test – alternative test of WBR Web page – scrolling from top

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WEEKLY BAPTIST ROUNDUP from Bill Jones NEWS May 30 UPDATE: Supreme Court denies California church appeal as governor announces new guidelines for opening houses of worship (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty) Southern Baptist leaders issue joint statement on the death of George Floyd (SBC Baptist Press) June 1 Discovery Team releases findings on powerful Read more . . .

TEST (of a proposed Weekly Baptist Roundup Web page)

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WEEKLY BAPTIST ROUNDUP from Bill Jones NEWS May 30 UPDATE: Supreme Court denies California church appeal as governor announces new guidelines for opening houses of worship (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty) Southern Baptist leaders issue joint statement on the death of George Floyd (SBC Baptist Press) June 1 Discovery Team releases findings on powerful Read more . . .