Category Archives: Home-work-Baltimore yearly Meeting

Slavery, The Bible, Southern Baptists & Irony

The Southern Baptist Convention just adopted a resolution condemning the view that the Bible supports slavery, which was the main premise on which the SBC was founded back in 1845. To back up this new view, it cites Bible verses used by 18th Century abolitionists to condemn slavery, which the early SBC long & steadfastly denounced as heretical, subversive, etc. That’s Irony #1.
Irony #2 is that the abolitionists were wrong & the early SBCers were correct: the Bible DOES support slavery, in numerous texts; and Jesus, who spoke of slaves often, never said a negative word about the practice.

BYM-FUM & Money Update: Dodged A Bullet

(Dear reader, this post will not likely make much sense if you’re unfamiliar with a series of posts from last week.Part I of the series is here; then Part II is here; and Part III is here. Part IV is here, and a last-minute postscript is here . Anyway, the BYM Interim Meeting convened at … Continue reading BYM-FUM & Money Update: Dodged A Bullet →

BYM-FUM Minute Revision: A Little Better, Not Much — Part-2

[NOTE: Part 1 of this blog series is here.] Late this morning, BYM sent out a revised version of the Proposed Minute on money to FUM. The text has been tweaked and reshuffled, and a bit of the offensive text has been edited out. But not enough. Here’s how the key paragraphs look now (as … Continue reading BYM-FUM Minute Revision: A Little Better, Not Much — Part-2 →

More: Big Change for Small Change: Baltimore Yearly Meeting & FUM– Part 4 (Grand Finale)

Part IV (Dear reader, this last post will not likely make much sense if you’re unfamiliar with those that came before. Part I is here; then Part II is here; and Part III is here. ) So, once more into the breach. On the Proposed Minute that’s coming before Baltimore YM this weekend on BYM … Continue reading More: Big Change for Small Change: Baltimore Yearly Meeting & FUM– Part 4 (Grand Finale) →