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Showing posts with label Current issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Current issues. Show all posts
Thursday, July 23, 2026

Pastor problems

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Gallup’s 2025 “Honesty and Ethics Survey” finds that the perceived “honesty and ethics” of clergy has dropped 40 points since its 1985 poll ...
Friday, July 03, 2026

The Bible and Women in Ministry

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Review of A Baptist Reflection of The Bible & Women in Ministry and Leadership (ebook). Stone, Meredith J. A Baptist Reflection of The ...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

I am in a strait betwixt two

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A political post that will likely be disliked by the majority of readers on either side. In Texas in November, we will make a choice for U. ...
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Friday, June 26, 2026

What we lose

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As an old dinosaur, perhaps, I am particularly pained and puzzled by the move away from Bibles as books to Bibles on screens, phones, and co...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Cottonpickin’ hands

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Do not assume you know the conclusion if you do not read the entire post. The extent of folks rewriting history and “playing the race card” ...
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Friday, March 20, 2026

Pot calling the kettle

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https://baptistnews.com/article/how-a-group-of-presbyterians-is-trying-to-reshape-the-sbc/ How a group of Presbyterians is trying to reshape...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

A laughable position?

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From a report that a Sacred Harp singer made about the September United Association weekend: “Over the weekend I heard a lot of sacred harp ...
Friday, January 30, 2026

He Is Mine And I Am His

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I love the song He Is Mine And I Am His by G. T. Speer . Maybe it is just me, but I have always felt it was a good combination of “old scho...
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Friday, January 23, 2026

Christian shape note

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It is a sad commentary on The Sacred Harp that it is rather consistently promoted in modern times as a secular non-Christian activity. Yes,...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

AI Worship (and Preaching)

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“Can a soul-less artist produce a soul-full act of worship?” I am very concerned about AI in general, and when it invades Christian preachin...
Saturday, October 25, 2025

An extremely troubling politician

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A sitting Senator from Virginia has recently stated that he finds it “extremely troubling” for anyone to teach or believe that that our righ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

More examples of 2025 Sacred Harp committee revising

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On Thursday, September 11, 2025 I posted on my blog “ An example of 2025 Sacred Harp committee revising .” That post discussed the song that...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

A Little Leaven. Who is Winning Whom?

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“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.” (Galatians 5:9) A Sacred Harp friend of mine asked, “How can we win others to Christ if we do no...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

How far we’ve come

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In a recent Facebook group post, I mentioned that the Texas State Sacred Harp Association sponsored a monthly publication called the Sacred ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Can Two Walk Together?

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Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3).  A Sacred Harp friend of mine hoped a new revision of The Sacred Harp book under...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Misogynistic Ester

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Misogynistic , adjective. Feeling or showing hatred of, prejudice toward, or discrimination against women. The tune Ester by John Stringer ...