War pressures are doing strange things to some Baptists of the South. Abandoning any pretext of being faithful to the Baptist heritage of religious liberty for all, two editorials in this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index insist that the Confederate government govern by biblical laws regarding the Sabbath. One editorial goes so far as to…
Southern hand-wringing over July’s losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg continues. One common response by Baptist leaders of the South is to search for the sins of the Confederacy that have led to God’s disfavor upon his chosen nation. There is, however, no consensus on what may be the primary sin of the Confederate nation, a…
A commentary piece in this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder implores Southern Baptists to pray for the soldiers of the Confederacy: I conversed with a Lieutenant recently, who was in the bloody battle of Gettysburg. He related many incidents of the horrid strife; told how friends fell around him on every side; spoke of…