Thinking Critically . . . Acting Faithfully
Bill Jones muses about Baptists, faith, ethics, justice, politics . . . and more
Personal reflections and musings
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 1: Introduction Links in this post: 1, 6/25/2016: photo of Joanna & me with Nancy & Ken Sehested; 2, 8/6/2018: Bill Jones article in Baptist Standard; 3, 8/1/2018: Ross Shelton article in Baptist Standard; 4, 7/27/2018: Jackie Baugh Moore article in Ethics Daily; 5, 2/15/2020: Bill Jones, Closing Logsdon Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 11: Other memories not fitting neatly into just one of the categories of the previous 10 posts Link in this post: Video of Charlie Johnson’s 2016 TBC Breakfast address: Public Education and the Struggle for Religious Liberty 2013-present: Pastors for Texas Children In the late 2000s, Suzii Paynter – then Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 10, 2013-present: Pastors for Texas Children Links in this post: 1, T. B. Maston Foundation website; 2, “Baptist Briefs videos on YouTube”; 3, Baptist Briefs videos on the Youth Revival Movement; 4, Riding the Wind of God: A Personal History of the Youth Revival Movement; 5, Both-And: A Maston Reader; Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 9, 2008-2020: T. B. Maston Foundation for Christian Ethics Links in this post: 1, Baptist Briefs videos on YouTube; 2, Good Faith Media article about the end of Weekly Baptist Roundup; 3, Baptist News Global Curated page; 4, Baptist Standard article about the end of TBC; 5, Bill Jones remarks Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 8, 2006-2017: Texas Baptists Committed Link in this post: July 4, 2004: George Mason sermon, “The Cross and the Flag 2004: Joanna and I find Wilshire – thanks be to God! In the fall of 2001, I had attended my first Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) annual meeting. It Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 7, 2004: Joanna and I find Wilshire – thanks be to God! Link in this post: Bill Jones, “Walking as Jesus Walked – In Our Neighbor’s Shoes,” Christian Ethics Today, February 2004 2001-2004 at our church in Plano: The beginning of the end After my initial confrontation with the pastor Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 6, 2001-2004 at our church in Plano: The beginning of the end Link in this post: Bill Jones article, Texas Baptists Committed Newsletter, January 2001 2000: Connecting with David Currie at Texas Baptists Committed Months after I sent my letter and statement to the pastor in March 2000, I started Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 5, 2000: Connecting with David Currie at Texas Baptists Committed Links in this post: 1, “James L. Sullivan addresses question of SBC turbulence,” Facts and Trends, July-August 1986; 2, “Statement Concerning the Fundamentalist Takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention,” Bill Jones, March 23, 2000 2000 at our church in Plano: Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 4, 2000 at our church in Plano: Out of my comfort zone and into the fire Link in this post: April 2005 update of Brent Walker’s 1995 “A Critique of David Barton’s Views on Church and State” 1987-2004 at our church in Plano: A wish . . . and a Read more . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 3, 1987-2004 at our church in Plano: A wish . . . and a prayer 1987-2004 at our church in Plano: Blank stares and deaf ears For almost 17 years – from October 1987 to June 2004 – Joanna and I attended a church in Plano, where we lived, that Read more . . .