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- Shameful Behavior By Baptists
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:14:06 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Robert Parham has posted a story on Ethics Daily about a shameful split vote among Baptist laymen serving as Supervisors of Henrico County, Virginia that denied a Muslim congregation permission to...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - What's the Matter with Preachers in Kansas?
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:52:51 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Raw Story has posted a story and a video about a church sign in Wichita, Kansas denouncing the election of Barack Obama. The pastor of the church knows that Obama professes to be a Christian, but he...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Second Wave or Last Gasp
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:56:27 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Mark Ray has posted an insightful essay entitled "Is the Second Wave of the Conservative Resurgence Coming to Fruition" for the Baptist Studies Bulletin. By "second wave" Ray is referring to the...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - On the Politics of Irresponsibility
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:53:07 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Kevin Mattson hasw posted some valuable book reviews under the title "Has Conservatism Cracked Up?" at the Dissent Magazine website. Here's an insightful paragraph: What makes conservatism so...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Krugman Calls for 600 Billion Stimulous
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:06:30 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
In an essay entitled "Depression Economics Returns", Economist Paul Krugman, recent recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics, says the U.S. is already in the realm of depression economics. The size...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Info on New Baptist Covenant Regional Meetings
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:30:43 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Ethics Daily has posted a story about the plans for New Baptist Covenant Regional meetings. In January 2008 more than 15,000 Baptists from across the United States, Canada and Mexico met for the...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Sex and the Pulpit
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:53:26 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
When I was a teenager at a Baptist church, preachers were constantly telling boys and girls not to hold hands during church services. Naturally, we perceived that as a challenge to do so and couples...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Summarizing Bush's Faith-Based Initiatives
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:44:17 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Bill Berkowitz has done a masterful job of summarizing the work of the Bush administration's faith-based initiatives. Here's the paragraph that leads into more detailed discussion of six of the...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Regarding the Abortion Issue (37mb)
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:56:06 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
The New Republic has posted a valuable essay by Damon Linker, author of The Theocons, discussing why the religious right will not fade quietly into the sunset after this election. The single issue...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Remember the Poor During Economic Crisis
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:08:48 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Last week, a journalist asked me for a comment on an article in the Baptist Times last week about Christian leaders urging world leaders not to forget the poor in the midst of the ongoing global...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - On the Revival of Democracy
Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:54:07 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Evangelical Christians have long been praying that the United States would experience a third great awakening. Yesterday, when Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, they witnessed...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Countdown to Change in America
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:43:30 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
This blog will automatically update itself as election results are released. I'll do a little live blogging in the comments section. Reader comments and responses are welcome.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Will a Machine Win the U.S. Presidency? (0mb)
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:46:50 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Misguided Rhetoric at First Baptist Dallas
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:46:16 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Robert Jeffress, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, preached a passionate sermon entitled "America is a Christian Nation" yesterday. The sermon was full of sound and fury signifying nothing...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Defining Progressive Faith
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:05:33 -0600 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
I think progressive faith has at least ten characteristics. It is conscientious, chastened, hopeful, strong, humble, growing, questioning, dialogical, active and interdependent. 1. First, and...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Nightmare on Your Street
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:46:06 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Joe Conn, Communicators Director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, has posted the most alarming blog I have ever read. Entitled "Invasion of the Constitution Snatchers: Bush...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Baylor Chisels Away at Wall Separating Church and State
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:48:23 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Baylor University used to be known as a stronghold of advocacy for separation of church and state. Then Robert Sloan took over the reins at the University and started slipping church-state...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Wired to Hate?
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:13:02 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
British researchers say they have identified brain circuitry linked to hate. The intensity of the hate is related to the strength of activity in this region of the brain. Here's a quote: In this...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - On Real World Health Insurance Costs
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:46:31 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Uwe Reinhardt, a health-care economist and a professor at Princeton, reacted the same way I did when John McCain declared that the average cost for a health-care policy is $5800 -- we both nearly...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Dembski Lectures at Baylor Again (0mb)
Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:16:19 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Like an irrepressible stalker from old Halloween horror flick, William Dembski starred in a rerun of his act as a scientist at Baylor University last week. Dembski lectured on "Darwin's Unpaid Debt"...
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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:30:00 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
My blog postings are thin this week because I am with the CBF Oklahoma mission group working on the new facilities for Grace Temple Baptist Church in Gulf Port, Mississippi. Grace Temple's...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - On the IMB's Shamelessly Political Commissioning Service
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:16:47 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
When the Southern Baptist Convention wants to send a signal to it 16 million members, nothing communicates like a missionary commissioning service. Commissioning services used to be about...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Mark Crispin Miller on Bill Moyers Tonight (31mb)
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:03:03 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at New York University, will be a guest on Bill Moyer's Journal this evening. Miller is the author of "Fooled Again" -- a book that documents the...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Mutant Gene Gives Rise to Thought
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:44:02 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
The Daily Galaxy is reporting that Chinese scientists have discovered that type II neuropsin, a protein expressed in the central nervous systems of humans, is a recent evolutionary mutuation that...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] - More About Socially Conscious Investing (38mb)
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:35:37 -0500 Author: bprescott@mainstreambaptists.org (Dr. Bruce Prescott)
After printing Whitni Thomas' letter to the editor yesterday, the Guardian has published an interview with Charles Middleton the managing director of UK's Triodos Bank. In the U.S., the Cooperative...
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