Thinking Critically . . . Acting Faithfully
Bill Jones muses about Baptists, faith, ethics, justice, politics . . . and 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 . . .
Click for AUDIO; Click for PART 2, 1987-2004 at our church in Plano: Blank stares and deaf ears Link in this post: Bill Jones remarks at 2018 Retirement Dinner Introduction to this blog series Wednesday evening, March 19, I spoke at a Pastors for Texas Children town hall, at my home church, Wilshire Baptist in Dallas, Read more . . .
Joanna passed away four years ago today, at 1:16 a.m. on February 14, 2021. This anniversary is the culmination of my most painful two weeks of every year, as my memory relives those last two weeks spent with Joanna in the hospital, leading up to the night I lost the love of my life. Regardless Read more . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) Dan Williams passed away last week, after a long battle with prostate cancer. Any attempt to pay tribute to one who has meant so much to so many is bound to be feeble at best, but I need to try. I want to convey our friendship in Read more . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) I was baptized 55 years ago this evening. April 16, 1961, at First Baptist Church, Richardson, Texas. 55 years ago! To put that in perspective, here are a few things going on in the world around that time: John F. Kennedy had been inaugurated less Read more . . .