Radical Pentecostalism Looks Very Promising to This Baptist
Terry Todd’s riveting post offers a great way to end our Following Jesus colloquy here at Respectful Conversation. The picture of church life he…
Encouraged by LDS Piety: A Baptist Response to Robert Millet
Robert Millet offers a treatment of the Latter-day Saints (LDS) way of following Jesus that is refreshing in its familiarity, at least to this…
Black Christianity Has Saved the Credibility of the US Church
As I ponder Farris Blount’s thoughtful, fair-minded reflections, I respond as a repentant white Baptist of the South. I recall that when I wandered…
The Allure of Wesleyanism
For this Baptist, John Wesley is one of the most interesting and significant Protestant leaders in history. I have always found his project alluring:…
It is the Pietism That Brings Faith Alive: A Baptist Response
Reading Christopher Gehrz’s essay about pietism, I was once again reminded of my primal Baptist experience, a bit of which I have narrated in…
Responding to Eleven Very Gracious Christian Friends
It was a treat reading the engagement of the entire “Following Jesus” team with my little essay laying out my understanding of Baptist ways…
One Account of a Baptist Way of Following Jesus
One summer Friday afternoon in 1978 a teenage boy named David Gushee wandered uninvited into a Southern Baptist church in Tysons Corner, Virginia. I…
A Man Better Than His Tradition’s Noisiest Voices
I have never really seen the appeal of at least the main versions of Reformed Christianity that I have encountered in the US, though…
Engaging the Episcopalians
For three months in my last year as a ministry student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I (and my wife Jeanie) undertook an inquirer’s…
A Near-Total Convergence: Baptist Responds to Anabaptist
Michael King’s post found striking resonance with my understanding of discipleship as a Baptist. These resonances include 1) a resolute focus on Jesus, with…