Quotes from F. LaGard Smith

In its heart, America knew that racial segregation was wrong. In its heart, America knows that human life begins before birth.

For that very reason we must be careful not to transform clemency into a more generalized rule of justification. That is why (among other reasons) "the thief on the cross" is such a bogus argument for faith-only salvation. Not only was water baptism physically impossible at that moment, but what we were witnessing in that incident was clemency, not justification.

All I can say is that, for those who may be bent on avoiding the authority of Scripture, no hermeneutic is going to stand in their way.

If God wants there to be unbaptized believers in heaven, that is up to him. All we know and all we can preach is what we read in the Book. And from what we can read in the Book, there is no such thing as salvation, redemption, or justification apart from penitent, faith-prompted immersion.

Would you be surprised to learn that our problems are not very different from those that people who lived centuries ago encountered? Human beings have not changed much over the years.

Under a hermeneutic that is more culturally sensitive than biblically sensitive, meaning and understanding of Scripture can be no more than illusive mirage, incapable of being grasped. For with each change in culture comes a new context, and with each change in context comes a new truth.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Water, water everywhere, and all the faith-only arguments did shrink.

From top to bottom in congregation after congregation, Sunday fare is milk, not meat. Make that skim milk.

The ACLU's various policies regarding religious freedom in public schools are a revealing collection of anti-religious bias.