Baptist Briefs videos on hiatus until April 18
by Bill Jones

(originally published 4/8/2011 on Texas Baptists Committed blog)

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 . . .

Conviction and Freedom
by David Gushee

(reprinted 3/28/2011 on Texas Baptists Committed blog)

(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 . . .