Reading Scott McLean's good letter from Jan. 5 (printed issue), calling for God's people to grow up, brought back memories of my brief time in North Carolina in the late 1980s.

Why are Southern Baptists so adamant against Mormonism and blase about Calvinism? The recent issue of Facts and Trends promotes Max Lucado's book 3:16, and offers cantatas, music and CDs. This year's Vacation Bible School program "Cactus Junction" is built around John 3:16.