Jul 12, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ken Ham, Williamstown |
William Trollinger One of the most remarkable features of the Answers in Genesis (AiG) tourist site, Ark Encounter, is that, for a place that loudly and boldly proclaims itself as committed to the notion of biblical inerrancy, they make great use of what they call...
Jul 9, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Adam Laats, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Evangelicals, J.D. Greear, Paige Patterson, Rodney Kennedy, Southern Baptist Convention, Wheaton College |
With the May 2018 firing of Paige Patterson as president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) the #MeToo movement hit the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) full force. But in response a group of wealthy donors – pledging their “absolute and...
Jul 5, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Adam Laats, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Fundamentalist U, J.D. Greear, Margaret Bendroth, Paige Patterson, Southern Baptist Convention |
by William Trollinger It appears the battle in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is just beginning. And that is not a surprise. At the most recent SBC convention in Dallas the moderate (or, somewhat less conservative) forces seemed to have carried the day, with...
Jul 2, 2018 | Dennis Hof, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Heteronormativity, Tim Reid |
by William Trollinger When I first read the story, I was stunned. Upon reflection, not so much. The title of Tim Reid’s article says it all: “In age of Trump, evangelicals back self-styled top U.S. pimp.” The pimp is Dennis Hof, who runs a strip club and...
