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Friday Photo |
| Friday, July 03, 2009 |
Here is a shot Jen took of her sister's dog during a recent hike we went on. Don't worry, he's safe; I'm behind the rock holding him.
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posted by Kaylor @ 8:19 PM
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House Reps Pass Historic Climate Legislation by Slim Margin |
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 |
| Ethics Daily ran my latest article today, which is entitled "House Reps Pass Historic Climate Legislation by Slim Margin." It is about last week's vote on the "American Clean Energy and Security Act" and differing Baptist opinions about it. The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about the bill and how the religious community is divided about it. |
| posted by Kaylor @ 9:24 PM
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Friday Photo |
| Friday, June 26, 2009 |
Here is a shot I took recently of a deer lapping up water off the road during a rainstorm. It was so thirsty that it allowed us to keep pulling up closer and closer. It only ran away when a car came quickly from the other direction. 
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| posted by Kaylor @ 10:07 AM
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Praying for Obama |
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This week, messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution that recognized the historic nature of Barack Obama's victory and called for prayer for him. The resolution was much different from the original one submitted as the final version criticized several of Obama's policies. But, it was a good step anyway, especially when the SBC's president led the messengers in prayer for Obama right after the resolution was passed. It was a much healthier image than that coming this month from former SBC Second Vice President Wiley Drake. After first making headlines for declaring that he had been praying for the death of George Tiller and was thankful it had finally come about, he then said he was praying for the death of Obama. His comments were quickly repudiated by an SBC official and the Baptist pastor who penned the Obama resolution.
Drake, the author of the SBC's Disney boycott a few years ago, has had more than his share of controversy. He has in the past had ties to the Unification Church, reportedly supported a man who killed an abortion doctor, was investigated by the IRS for endorsing Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on church letterhead, and was the running mate for Alan Keyes during the past presidential election. But now Drake has moved even further to the fringe. As the SBC's Richard Land retorted, "Wiley Drake is far out of the mainstream, in fact he's in a drainage ditch somewhere." Drake, who is a fixture at SBC meetings by always making multiple motions, thankfully did not attend the meeting this year. Unfortunately, when Drake makes his crazy comments that violate the teachings of Jesus (you know, the stuff about loving your enemies), it hurts the image of Christians and the One we represent. |
| posted by Kaylor @ 9:48 AM
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SBC Motions |
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
Ethics Daily ran my latest article today, which is entitled "SBC Agencies Asked to Investigate 'Cussing Pastor.'" It is about several of the motions made at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention that target Mark Driscoll, the "Emerging Church Movement," and the Acts 29 Network. Many of the attacks are being led by Roger Moran. Among those attacked by Moran is John Marshall, who delivered the annual sermon at the meeting today. Marshall's sermon was quite good and was a subtle response as he warned about the dangers of liberalism and legalism and urged Christians to work together to share the gospel message.
On a related note, I was quoted the other day in the religion news blog of the Louisville Courier-Journal about Mike Huckabee speaking at the SBC's Pastor's Conference. |
| posted by Kaylor @ 10:01 PM
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SBC Executive Committee Recommends Disfellowshipping Church |
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
| Ethics Daily ran my latest article today, which is entitled "SBC Executive Committee Recommends Disfellowshipping Church." It is about a decision by Southern Baptist Convention leaders to kick out Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. The SBC claims the church promotes homosexuality while the church leaders say they do not but got kicked out anyway. |
| posted by Kaylor @ 8:15 PM
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Windermere Wins Again! |
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Breaking News
The Missouri Baptist Convention lost another ruling in its legal battle against Windermere Baptist Conference Center. The judge in Camden County who dismissed the MBC's lawsuit against Windermere in April once again threw out the case against Windermere after the MBC filed a new version of their lawsuit. For those keeping score at home, the MBC has now lost six straight rulings in four different courts. Last year, a judge in Cole County examined the merits of the MBC's first lawsuit and ruled for Windermere. In February of this year, the appeals court unanimously upheld the ruling. In March, the full appeals court refused to rehear the case and refused to transfer the case to the state Supreme Court. Last month, the Missouri State Supreme Court refused to hear the case. Since it was recently proven that the MBC has used Cooperative Program money to fund the lawsuit (despite promising not to) and they are now trying to put the lawsuits in the CP budget, one must wonder how much more missions money they will waste on a losing case. |
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About Me: In addition to being an Assistant Professor in Communication Studies (with a focus on political communication), I am also the Editorial Assistant for a Baptist organization where I help lead PR, news and editorial writing, and website work. I have previously served as a pastor of a rural church, received my Ph.D. in communication, and studied at a seminary.
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