Dec 27, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Christmas, Culture War, Fundamentalism, Jesus, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy We are pleased to welcome Baptist minister Dr. Rod Kennedy back to the blog, this time with another story about his cousin Boudreaux. My cousin Boudreaux called very early Christmas morning. His voice was a mere whisper. I asked him why he sounded so...
Sep 30, 2016 | Age of the Earth, Creationism, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy This post features Dr. Rod Kennedy’s cousin Boudreaux. As Rod says, “Boudreaux is my imaginary interlocutor. His is from the bayou of Louisiana and possesses an earthy wisdom but also a brutal certainty about everything. He always says what he thinks...
Aug 2, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Culture War, Jesus, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy Answers in Genesis (AiG). The name of the organization says it all. But as Dr. Kennedy argues below, AiG has it all wrong. When Ken Ham claims that all the answers are in Genesis 1-11, and when Christians line up behind such a claim, we are in for a...
Jun 27, 2016 | Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Fundamentalism, Rodney Kennedy, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Many Baptists — including Jimmy Carter — fled or were forced out of the Southern Baptist Convention when the fundamentalist forces secured control in the 1980s. As one of those whom the Southern Baptist fundamentalists could not abide,...