I currently serve as Vice President of the Conference and Faith and History. (I become president in the Fall). I am proud to say that the Conference is one of the scholarly organizations who are condemning laws limiting teaching on […]
Archives for June 2021
2021 Owen Strachan would condemn 2014 Owen Strachan as WOKE
Owen Strachan is an outspoken and bombastic conservative evangelical seminary professor who just published a book titled Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking the Gospel–and the Way to Stop It. Here are some of his tweets […]
SBC messenger and Biden voter begs the president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary to unblock him on Twitter
My favorite moment from the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting so far:
How Southern Baptists and others are responding to the election of Ed Litton as president of the convention
We also included some initial reaction to Litton’s election in this post. Litton is, relatively speaking, a “moderate.” That means he wants to work for racial reconciliation, does not want to condemn critical race theory, and embraces the Baptist Faith […]
Information for tonight’s Current online gathering
Dear Deep Water and Storm Surge patrons, Our first special event for Current Deep Water and Storm Surge subscribers will be held from 8:00-9:30 ET TONIGHT, June 16, 2021. If you are Deep Water of Storm Surge patron, join us for an informal […]
Casting Out Demons
In today’s public square, just how far away is “the other side”?
Late afternoon Tuesday at the SBC Annual Meeting: elections, abortion, CRT, sexual abuse, leadership, and no air conditioning
The Southern Baptists voted for their next president earlier today. Kate Shellnut has the first ballot results: As we reported in our last post, Ed Litton, senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, is the new president. It was […]
Ed Litton is the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention
Litton is the senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama
Tuesday early afternoon at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting
I am trying to follow things in Nashville. Here are some tweets from Tuesday (June 15, 2021) early afternoon. The presidential election will take place later this afternoon. The messengers seem to be consistently rebuking the Executive Committee’s resolutions. Read Dominic […]
Join us tomorrow night (June 16) for Current‘s first online gathering
Our first special event for Current Deep Water subscribers will be held from 8:00-9:30 ET on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Look for the ZOOM link early next week. If you are Deep Water patron, join us for an informal conversation with Current editors. The three […]
Episode 9: Howard Dean’s Bikepath Conversion
The governor of Vermont gets religion Episode 9: “Howard Dean’s Bikepath Conversion” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser: Listen to Episodes 0, 1, and 2 here. If you like […]
Tuesday morning at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting
I am trying to follow things in Nashville. Here are some tweets from Tuesday (June 15, 2021) morning: Yesterday (June 14, 2021): Today (June 15): Will it be a stolen election? 🙂
The humanities are on the rise in community colleges
And they are shrinking everywhere else. Here is Scott Jaschik at Insider Higher Ed: Before the pandemic, the humanities were experiencing a period of substantial growth at community colleges but shrinkage everywhere else. And that extends to the entire world. […]
Trump was not a “crazy dream.” We must reckon with his presidency
Dahlia Lithwick is correct. Here is a taste of her Slate piece: “The Price of No Consequences for Trump”: I don’t have any prescription for how to reason with a radicalized GOP, a post-truth electorate, or a conspiracy-addled former president, […]
Harvard’s Houghton Library digitizes its early American manuscripts
Here is Anne Buress at The Harvard Gazette: In a recent virtual curatorial discussion, Houghton librarian John Overholt took an item from the Colonial North America collections to share with his audience. Rather than highlighting a letter from John Hancock or a […]
Michael Gerson offers a nuanced take on critical race theory
Here is Gerson’s recent column at The Washington Post: For most people, wokeness involves being mindful of the cruel and oppressive portions of American history, being alert to persistent structural racism, and being determined to right past and present wrongs. This is […]
Museums across the country participate in the “Civic Season”
Lila Thulin of Smithsonianmag.com reports on this new initiative. Here is a taste of her piece: …Civic Season, a three-week period that stretches from Flag Day on June 14 through the Fourth of July, and includes Juneteenth and Pride Month, […]
At the Tomb of Lazarus
Who needs tears—let alone a miracle—when you have hydroxychloroquine?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizes for comparing mask mandates to Holocaust
Watch: I don’t know what is really going on here, but I will give Greene the benefit of the doubt. I am encouraged that she changed her mind after visiting the Holocaust Museum. She learned some history today, and that […]