First Person Archives - The Baptist Paper

First person: America’s Macedonian call

June 14, 2026

There are moments in history when a cry rises that cannot be ignored.

Opinion: Pondering Mohler’s ‘truth and unity’ SBC amendment

June 2, 2026

Let’s chat about Al Mohler’s “truth and unity” amendment coming to the floor of the SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. If you are attending the meeting and planning to vote as a messenger, I encourage you to read the amendment’s wording carefully and consider all aspects of what it means before casting your vote.

Opinion: 21 notes about the Mohler Amendment

June 1, 2026

Griffin Gulledge of The Baptist Review shares thoughts on Mohler Amendment.

First person: Confessions of a recovering soccer dad

June 1, 2026

I’m still in a little bit of denial. I can’t believe it is over. Our now 18-year-old daughter Laura recently played her last competitive soccer

Opinion: ‘I am the 1% used 100% of the time to justify abortion’

May 28, 2026

“You should have been aborted!” The Harvard student yelled this in my face while I was visiting the campus for a forum on abortion in the black community. It wasn’t the first time someone had said this to me, and it wouldn’t be the last.

First person: Lessons learned through caregiving journey

May 27, 2026

Our world changed in August 2024. A neighbor called to say, “Your wife is lying on the pavement.”

Are congregations spiritual organisms or religious organizations?

May 22, 2026

Is your congregation more like a living, ever-changing spiritual organism or a religious organization in danger of institutionalization? Your answer makes a tremendous long-term difference in the vitality and vibrancy of your congregation and its Christlike witness.