Georgia Baptists this week read about life in the Confederate capital of Richmond following the recent Confederate victory over U.S. General McClellan’s Army of the Potomac, as described by an editorial in the Christian Index. Our capital is surely not a place for pleasure seekers, at this time. Crowded with visitors from all parts of…
Samuel Boykin, editor of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index newspaper, this week offers commentary on how the Confederacy, a Christian nation, should treat their enemies–Northerners. The religion of Jesus announced a rule of conduct which amazed the philosophy of the world.–Love your enemies and pray for them. Human teachers had dreamed of no such charity. Paganism…
The Middle District Baptist Association of Virginia convenes and delegates position themselves squarely on the side of the Confederacy. Speaking Christian nationalist language, the association declares, “if a people drew the sword in behalf of a just cause, we are that people.” Many other Southern Baptist associations have already, or will soon, openly align themselves…