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A Journey of Faith and Community: The Story of the First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2017. 341 pages. More information.

Images of America: Manhattan, Belgrade, Amsterdam, and Churchill. Mt. Pleasant, SC: Acadia Publishing, 2011. 128 pages. More information.

“Islamic Terrorism: Separating Myths from Realities.” Nurturing Faith Journal, May-June 2017, pp. 46-48.

“Will the Real Theocrats Please Stand Up?” Church & State Journal, May 2017, pp. 20-21. Read the article.

“What Lies Within: Post-Truth Evangelical Christianity.” Christian Ethics Today, Winter 2017. Read the article.

“American Christianity’s Struggle to Embrace Freedom, Inclusion.” Nurturing Faith Journal, March-April 2017, pp. 48-50.

“United in Diversity: The Baptist Witness Past and Present.” Fellowship Magazine, February/March 2017, p. 20.

“Myth and Reality: Mormon Narratives Facing New Light.” Nurturing Faith Journal, November-December 2016, pp. 40-43.

“A Brief History of Muslims in the United States.” Nurturing Faith Journal, September-October 2016, pp. 46-48.

“For a Century, America’s National Parks Have Preserved Natural Wonders.” Nurturing Faith Journal, July-August 2016, pp. 12-15.

“The Scourge of White Christian Supremacy.” Christian Ethics Today, Winter 2016, pp. 4-6. Read the article.

“The Baptist Tradition” in Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. Missoula, Mont.: Thomas Riggs & Company, 2015. More information.

“Historical Reflections on the Terrorism in Charleston,” Baptists Today website, June 2015. Read article.

“Baptist Profiles in Courage: Nannie Helen Burroughs.” Baptists Today, April 2015, pp. 28-29.

“The Great Unraveling.” Church & State Journal, July / August 2014. Read the article.

Baptists Today at 30: Enabling, Recording and Shaping a Movement. Macon, Ga: Nurturing Faith, 2013. 150 pages.

“Baptists and Baseball: Myths, Musings and Memories.” Baptists Today, November 2013, pp. 38-39.

“Why Do Baptists Consider Missions a High Priority?” Baptists Today, October 2013, p. 40.

“Why Do Baptists Have Altar Calls?” Baptists Today, June 2013, p. 10.

“Are Baptists New Testament or Old Testament People?” Baptists Today, May 2013, p. 13.

“Why Do Baptists Go to Sunday School?” Baptists Today, March 2013, p. 42.

“Why Do Baptists Ordain Ministers and Deacons?” Baptists Today, January 2013, p. 36.

“Why Do Baptists Observe Ordinances Rather than Sacrament?” Baptists Today, November 2012, p. 13.

“Why do Most White Baptists Vote Republican, and Most Black Baptists Vote Democrat?” Baptists Today, October 2012, 14-15.

“A New American God: Eight Decades in the Making” Ten-Part Series. Baptist Studies Bulletin, Feb-July 2012. Read the articles: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten

“Who Do Baptists Oppose Alcohol?” Baptists Today, September 2012, p. 10.

“A Brief Survey of Four Centuries of Baptist Mission Quest,” in On Mission With God: Free and Faithful Baptists in the 21st Century. Atlanta, Ga.: BH&HS, 2011. 190 pages. More information.