| Selected
Articles
"Introduction to Indigenous
Hawaiian Religion"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (July-August 2017)
"Islamic Terrorism: Separating
Myths from Realities"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (May-June 2017)
"Will
the Real Theocrats Please Stand Up?"
Church &
State Journal (May 2017)
"What
Lies Within: Post-Truth Evangelical Christianity"
Christian Ethics
Today (Winter 2017)
"Religion and the American
Presidents"
A series of monthly
articles in Nurturing Faith
Journal (June 2015-present)
"Jesus Worldview" Series
A series of monthly
articles in Nurturing Faith
Journal (July 2017-present)
"American Christianity's
Struggle to Embrace Freedom, Inclusion"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (March-April 2017)
"Stoking the Flames: A Brief
History of Hell"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (January-February 2017)
"Myth and Reality: Mormon
Narratives Facing New Light"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (November-December 2016)
"A Brief History of Muslims in
the United States"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (September-October 2016)
"God's Handiwork: For a
Century, America's National Parks Have Preserved
Natural Wonders"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (July-August 2016)
"Politicized Prayer: National
Day of Prayer Has Roots in False History,
Anti-Communism"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (May-June 2016)
"Shakespeare, the Kin and the
KJV"
Nurturing Faith
Journal (March-April 2016)
"Islamic
Fundamentalism: A Brief History" (revised
2015)
"Historical
Reflections on the Terrorism in Charleston"
(Baptists Today,
June 2015)
"For
Baptists of America, is 2015 a Reprise of 1845?"
(Baptist Studies
Bulletin, June 2015)
"Christianity in a Posthuman
World": Parts One,
Two
and Three
(Baptist Studies
Bulletin, 2014-2015)
"The Great
Unraveling: In Its Ruling on Legislative Prayer,
the Supreme Court
Betrayed American
Principles" (Church
& State Journal, July/August 2014)
"Move Over
Evangelicals, the Roman Catholic Church Has
Risen to the Top"
(Baptists Today,
July 7, 2014)
"Supreme Court
Ruling Legalizes Religious Discrimination"
(Associated Baptist
Press, July 3, 2014)
"Baptist Identity
and Millennials: Re-imagining Church"
(Associated Baptist Press,
June 19, 2014)
Baptists
and the American Civil War Digital Project
(www.civilwarbaptists.com)
A series of daily articles (January
2011 - present)
"Baptists and the American
Civil War"
A series of monthly articles in Baptists Today
(February 2011 - April 2015)
"A Century Ago: Revisiting
Henry Ford, Morality and the Baptists of 1914"
Baptists Today (March 2014)
"The Baptist
Calling" (A Five Part Series)
Baptist Studies Bulletin (September 2013 -
February 2014)
"Why?" (Answers to Questions
People Ask About Baptists)
A series of monthly articles in Baptists
Today (Sept 2012 - Dec 2013)
"Success: What
Does It Look Like?"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (July 2014, Vol.
12. No. 07)
"Christ-Less
Christianity: From Nicea to North Carolina"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (April 2014,
Vol. 12. No. 04)
"Forgotten
Baptist Heroes: Robert Smalls (1839-1915): A New
Chapter for Freedom"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (March 2014,
Vol. 12. No. 03)
"Forgotten
Baptist Heroes: Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850):
Sunday Mail Delivery"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (February 2014,
Vol. 12. No. 02)
"The
Evangelical, Catholic and Muslim War on Freedom"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (January
2013, Vol. 12. No. 01)
"Dear Elizabeth: Journeying Through Darkness
into Christmas"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (December
2012, Vol. 11. No. 11)
"A
New American God: Eight Decades in the Making -
Part 10"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (November
2012, Vol. 11. No. 10)
"A
New American God: Eight Decades in the Making -
Part 9"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (October
2012, Vol. 11. No. 9)
"A
New American God: Eight Decades in the Making -
Part 8"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (September
2012, Vol. 11. No. 8)
"A
New American God: Eight Decades in the Making -
Part 7"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (August
2012, Vol. 11. No. 7)
"A
New American God: Eight Decades in the Making -
Part 6"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (July 2012,
Vol. 11. No. 6)
"A
New American God: Eight Decades in the Making -
Part 5"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (June 2012,
Vol. 11. No. 5)
"A
New American God: Eight Decades in the Making -
Part 4"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (May 2012,
Vol. 11. No. 4)
"A New American God: Eight Decades in the Making
- Part 3"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (April
2012, Vol. 11. No. 3)
"A New American God: Eight Decades in the Making
- Part 2"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (March
2012, Vol. 11. No. 2)
"A New American
God: Eight Decades in the Making - Part 1"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (February
2012, Vol. 11. No. 1)
"Advent: Season
of Gospel Proclamation"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (December
2011, Vol. 10. No. 10)
"Whose Bible is
It?"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (November
2011, Vol. 10. No. 9)
"John Leland,
Joseph Smith and 21st Century Presidential
Aspirations"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (October
2011, Vol. 10. No. 8)
"A Theology of
Fear"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (August
2011, Vol. 10. No. 7)
"Progressive National Baptist
Convention's Legacy of Freedom"
Baptists Today (August 2011)
"Who
is Not a Baptist?"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (July 2011,
Vol. 10. No. 6)
"The
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship at 20: A
Dissenting Community"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (June 2011,
Vol. 10. No. 5)
"Baptists
and Education"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (May 2011,
Vol. 10. No. 4)
"The State of Religion
According to Google"
Baptists Today (April 2011)
"Baptists
and Hell"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (March
2011, Vol. 10. No. 3)
"King James and Baptists: Not
a Love Story"
Baptists Today (March 2011)
"Being
Baptist Christians"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (February
2011, Vol. 10. No. 2)
"Baptists
and the American Civil War"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (January
2011, Vol. 10. No. 1)
"Christ and Capitalism in the
21st Century"
Baptists Today (January 2011)
"Baptists
and Christmas"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (December
2010, Vol. 9. No. 8)
"Baptists
and the Years 1830-1832"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (November
2010, Vol. 9. No. 7)
"Angry
White Christians, Now and Then"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (October
2010, Vol. 9. No. 6)
"Where are the Baptists?"
Baptists Today (October 2010)
"Religious
Terrorism and Religious Liberty"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (September
2010, Vol. 9, No. 5)
"The Summer of
Baptist Discontent and Hope"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (August
2010, Vol. 9, No. 4)
Associated Baptist Press (August 2010)
"A Very Brief
Primer on Christian Nationalism"
Associated Baptist Press (July 2010)
"Assessing
Two Decades of a Baptist Renewal Movement"
Baptists Today (July 2010)
"Baptist History
in the Digital Age"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (June 2010, Vol.
9, No. 3)
"John
Leland: The Evangelist Less Remembered"
Baptist History & Heritage Society Annual
Meeting (June 2010)
"Baptists,
Muslims, Atheists and the First Amendment"
Baptist Studies Bulletin (May 2010, Vol.
9, No. 2)
"The Texas
Textbook War in Historical Context"
Associated Baptist Press (May 2010)
"Hating Others,
Loving Self"
Christian Ethics Today (Fall 2009)
“Tommy
Douglas: Baptist Champion of Freedom"
The Whitsitt Journal (Fall 2009)
“The
Significance of Local Baptist Church History on
the 400th Anniversary of Baptists,
in the Context of the 200th Anniversary
of FBC Huntsville, Alabama"
Baptist History & Heritage Journal
(Summer/Fall 2009, Vol. 44, No. 3)
"The Discipline of Eating"
VISIONS, Georgia Cooperative Baptist
Fellowship (June/July 2009)
"What Does Amsterdam 1609 Mean to Contemporary
Baptists?"
Baptist World
Alliance Heritage and Identity Commission (May 2009)
"The
Move of Baptists Westward"
Baptist History & Heritage Society,
"Celebrating 400 Years of Being Baptist"
Series (May 2009)
"Baptist
Contributions to Religious Freedom"
Baptist History & Heritage Society,
"Celebrating 400 Years of Being Baptist"
Series (April 2009)
"From Humble Beginnings to the
Space Age: Huntsville Church Has Navigated Two
Centuries"
Baptists Today (March 2009)
"Early English Baptists"
Baptist History & Heritage Journal
(Winter 2009, Vol. 44, No. 1)
"Baptist
Beginnings in America, 1639"
Baptist History & Heritage Society,
"Celebrating 400 Years of Being
Baptist" Series (February 2009)
"How Could Jimmy Carter,
Jerry Falwell, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesse
Helms all
be Baptists?"
Baptists Today (February 2009)
"Old Wines in New
Wineskins: The First Amendment and the Internet"
Baptist History & Heritage Journal
(Summer/Fall 2008, Vol. 43, No. 3)
"Maybe It's Time to Dust Off John Leland"
Baptist History & Heritage Journal
(Spring 2008, Vol. 43, No. 2)
"The Christian Index and the
American Civil War"
Visions Journal, Georgia Baptist Historical
Society (2007)
"How Do We Tell the
Generations Following of What Happened?"
Logsdon Window Journal (2006)
"Baptist Missions
in Recent Decades: Patterns of Laity
Involvement"
Baptist History and Heritage Journal
(Spring 2006, Vol. 41, No. 2)
"The Baptist
Light: Free and Fragile"
Baptist History & Heritage Journal
(Winter 2006, Vol. 41, No. 1)
"These Days Are Fraught With
Many Blessings: The World of Julia Stanford"
Visions Journal, Georgia Baptist
Historical Society (2006)
Reflections from the Baptist
World Alliance Congress
Baptist Studies
Bulletin (August 2005)
Response to Baptist Missions
Paper Presentations
American Society
of Church History (Spring 2005)
"John Leland:
Evolving Views on Slavery"
Baptist History
and Heritage Journal (Winter 2005, Vol. 40,
No. 1)
"Baptist Myths"
Georgia Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
(March 2005)
"Is the Traditional Baptist Identity Worth
Recovering?"
Pintala Baptist Church, AL (October 2004)
"Baptist Models of Polity: An
Historical Overview," in Walking Together: The
Struggle of Baptists with Polity in the 21st
Century (University of Richmond, Va.: Center
for Baptist Heritage and Studies, 2004)
"What I Learned About Randall
Palmer's Kind of Baptists"
Mercer University, GA (September 2004)
"Using the Internet Without Being
Used"
National
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (June 2004)
"Authority and Power in the 1749 Philadelphia
Association Essay"
Mercer University (September 2003)
"Reflecting on the Philadelphia Baptist
Association 1700-1750"
Mercer University (September 2003)
"Yellowstone Held
Hostage by Million Dollar Cheeseburgers"
National Forest Council (2001)
Various Presentations on Baptists, Yellowstone
National Park, and the Internet
Prior to 2003
In
Response To ...
Hating Others, Loving Self (May 2009)
Faith and Violence (April 2009)
The
Land of Nones (March 2009)
A Rural Renewal for Baptists? (February
2009)
Communication Challenges
(January 2009)
A 400-Year Conversation
(December 2008)
Hope and Redemption (November 2008)
Jesus's Economy (October 2008)
Post-Biblical Christianity (September
2008)
The Changing Face of CBF and the South (August
2008)
Christological Concerns (July 2008)
A Unique Blend of Freedom and Community (June
2008)
The Conservative Evangelical Wilderness
Experience (May 2008)
The Challenge of Baptist Theological Education (April
2008)
21st Century Religion 2.0 (March
2008)
Other Rooms in Our Baptist House (February
2008)
The
Top Baptist Story of 2007 and 2008 (January
2008)
Taking Christ Out of Christmas (December
2007)
Baptist Bloggers
(November 2007)
Al Mohler and Andy Stanley on the Future of
Planet Earth (October 2007)
Mitt Romney's Presidential Ambitions
(October 2007)
Politically Correct Baptists (September
2007)
Julie Pennington-Russell and Dorothy Patterson
(August 2007)
The Decline of Separation of Church and State
(July 2007)
June and January Baptists (June 2007)
The Death of Jerry Falwell (May 2007)
Political God-Talk (April 2007)
Tim LaHaye's Rapture (March 2007)
Turning Our Children Into God's Warriors
(February 2007)
Baptists
Who Can't Forgive Jesus (January 2007)
Fear,
War, Forgiving and Giving (December 2006)
Richard Land in Your Bedroom (November 2006)
The Current Affairs Bookshelf (October 2006)
America's Regional Gods (September 2006)
Billy Graham on the Mystery of Salvation
(August 2006)
Chuck Poole on Biblical Christianity (July
2006)
Kevin Phillips and Sam Brownback on Theocracy
(June 2006)
Russ Moore and James Smith on the Gospel &
Jimmy Carter (May 2006)
The "War on Christians" (April 2006)
Baptists Backtracking on Freedom (March
2006)
Al Mohler on
Singleness and Childlessness (February 2006)
Franklin Graham
on Separation of Church and State (January
2006)
Rick Warren on the Bible (November 2005)
Tom Nettles on
Inerrancy
Select Book
Reviews
Scott, Sean A. A Visitation of God: Northern
Civilians Interpret the Civil War. New York,
Oxford University Press, 2011.
Journal of
Religion, Vol. 92, No. 3, July 2012
Flynt, Wayne. Keeping the
Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives.
Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2011.
Baptist History & Heritage Journal, Spring
2012.
Various book reviews from 2005
to the present in the Baptist Studies
Bulletin
Maury Klein. History of
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2003.
Journal of Appalachian Studies (Spring/Fall 2004)
Patrick Allitt, Religion in America Since
1945: A History
Baptist Studies Bulletin (April 2004)
Jarrett Burch, Adiel Sherwood: Baptist
Antebellum Pioneer ...
Baptist Studies Bulletin (March 2004)
K. W. Clements, Editor,
Baptists in the Twentieth Century
Baptist Studies Bulletin (April 2004)
Randall H. Balmer,
A Perfect Babel of Confusion
Baptist Studies Bulletin (April 2004)
Terry Wolever, The
Life and Ministry of John Gano, 1727 to 1804
Baptist Studies Bulletin (December 2003)
James E. Tull,
Shapers of
Baptist Thought
Baptist Studies Bulletin (December 2003)
Albert W. Wardin,
Jr., Pioneer of the Baptist Movement in
Poland
Baptist Studies Bulletin (December 2003)
Terry G. Carter,
The Journal & Selected Letters of Wm
Carey
Baptist Studies Bulletin (November 2003)
Kenneth Cauthen,
I Don't Care What the Bible Says
Baptist Studies Bulletin (November 2003)
William P. Tuck,
The Lord's Prayer Today
Baptist Studies Bulletin (October 2003)
William P. Tuck,
Authentic Evangelism
Baptist Studies Bulletin (October 2003)
Bill Leonard, Baptist
Ways
Baptist Studies Bulletin (September 2003)
Brent J. Walker,
Editor, The Trophy of Baptists
Baptist Studies Bulletin (August 2003)
Audra and Joe
Trull, Editor, Putting Women in Their Place
Baptist Studies Bulletin (August 2003)
Robert O. Brien,
Editor, Stand with Christ
Baptist Studies Bulletin (August 2003)
Malcolm O.
Tolbert, Shaping the Church
The Baptist Studies Bulletin (July 2003)
James E. Tull, High-Church
Baptists in the South
The Baptist Studies Bulletin (July 2003)
Samuel S. Hill,
Religion in the Southern States: A Historical
Study
Mark A. Noll,
America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham
Lincoln
More
Selected Articles and Resources
Getting Rid of
Spam: A Practical Guide to Combating Junk Email
Safe Web Browsing:
A Primer
Yellowstone Held Hostage by Million Dollar
Cheeseburgers
Baptist Traditions and Beliefs: An Introduction
Baptist Persecution in Colonial America: An
Outline
Religion and the
American Civil War
Introduction to
Fundamentalism
Islamic
Fundamentalism: A Brief Survey
Seduced
by Politics
Baptists
Today "Lighter Side" Columns
Googling Baptists
-- October 2004
Customized
Bibles: Attractive, But a Bad Idea -- July
2004
Report from Above -- April 2004
Searching for the Perfect Church -- January
2004
Spamming for Jesus -- October 2003
God at the Movies -- July 2003
The King James Ye Never Knew -- April 2003
Who are Baptists? -- January 2003
Why Baptists Conquered the South -- October
2002
Slice-Style Evangelism -- July 2002
A Way, Way-Out Idea -- April 2002
Selected Op / Ed Pieces
Various, Bozeman
Daily Chronicle (2009-present)
U.S. Wasn't
Founded as a Christian Nation
Macon Telegraph (July 24, 2005)
Happy Birthday Internet: Now,
Where are You Taking Us?
Baptists Today (February 2005)
Religious Polls
from Yesteryear
EthicsDaily.Com (August 17, 2004)
BWA Withdrawal Part
of SBC Leaders' Anti-Baptist Political Agenda
Mainstream Baptists (January 2004)
Which
Baptists Actually Believe the Bible?
Mainstream Baptists (June 2003) |
