Four-Leaf Clover Boom Upsets Baptist Professor

Jerome · Mar 17, 2012

Baptist Press: The Shamrock—An Embattled Christian Symbol?

When I was in the first grade, my own mother demonstrated the doctrine of the Trinity by using a cardboard shamrock as she related the legend about St. Patrick.
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the shamrock has recently acquired a rival—the rare four-leaf clover. The four-leaf clover [is] a traditional symbol for "good luck"
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The shamrock's survival as a uniquely Christian symbol will depend on the Christian community informing its young of the history of the symbol, and why Christian symbols and a Christian worldview are important. No longer can the Christian community rely on general American society and culture to promote our values and symbols.
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Stephen Douglas Wilson is dean emeritus and chair of the social studies/history department of Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Ky., and serves as a member of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee.
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12strings · Mar 17, 2012

No longer can the Christian community rely on general American society and culture to promote our values and symbols.
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If he just figured this out I'd say he's a few generations behind!

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