A Summer of Courage and Cowardice in the Evangelical Heartland - The American Spectator

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A Summer of Courage and Cowardice in the Evangelical Heartland

Litton brushed aside the dangers of CRT that so concerns rank-and-file Southern Baptists.

by Mark DeVine

August 29, 2021, 1:03 AM

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As the dust settles from the annual meetings of two major evangelical denominations, the contrast between them could hardly be more stark. In St. Louis, courage, that rarest of virtues, won the day at...

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