Many Baptists of the South continue displaying inconsistency regarding their heritage of church state separation (despite verbal affirmation). In many ways, the Civil War has led them to take stances foreign to their faith of the past, including advocacy of and loyalty to their nation as a Christian nation that should be governed by biblical…
Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, unsuccessful thus far in capturing Vicksburg, Mississippi, today gives up assaulting the city and orders his commanders to deploy siege tactics. Thus begins a month-long plus effort to force the city to surrender. Meanwhile, readers of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder learn of a good report from the Confederate army…
Comprised of many Christians of differing denominations who are thrown together in military service, the Confederate Army at times harbors within its ranks a variety of religious tensions. One particular religious practice is a flash point of controversy: communion. Each denomination’s way of doing communion is a bit different, and Baptists are no exception (other…