Obbie Tyler Todd is pastor of Third Baptist Church in Marion, Ill. He serves as adjunct professor of theology at Luther Rice College & Seminary and adjunct professor of history at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books on American religious history, including Let Men Be Free: Baptist Politics in the Early United States (1776–1835).
Obbie Tyler Todd | Don’t get too nostalgic—every era has its own pattern of sin