Doug Baker writes: In the Southern Baptist Convention, many believe that fair and balanced reporting has all but disappeared. The Convention’s news wire remains under the auspices of the SBC Executive Committee. Some state papers have been brought under the direct control of the state conventions they serve prompting the criticism that the papers are [...]
Archive for September 2009
Doug Baker on the Ethics of Christian Journalism
September 8, 2009Keller on Work
September 7, 2009Listen to it here.
Leadership Retreat Feedback
September 5, 2009This past week, the pastors of Grace hunkered down for three days for our leadership retreat. Just a couple of days out of it, the meetings are still fresh on my mind. I think we all agreed that it was really productive, but I also believe it can always improve and be done better. I [...]
LEAD09 – Gospel | Community | Mission
September 4, 2009If you have frequented Christian conferences in the past, especially large ones, you will recognize that they are normally situated in predominately churched cities such as Atlanta, Louisville, Nashville, Orlando, Dallas, etc. Well, I want to draw your attention to the LEAD09 Conference coming up this fall, not merely because of the great speakers but [...]
Confessionally Gospel-Centered
September 3, 2009Burk Parsons is a guy I’ve grown to appreciate more and more. I’ve been following him for the past couple of months on Twitter and have been refreshed, encouraged, and challenged by the sincerity and truthfulness of his words. He is an associate pastor of St. Andrew’s Chapel and Editor of Tabletalk Magazine, and as [...]
The Church has been under-fathered and over-mothered.
September 2, 2009Matt Redman has some good words about romantic language in worship songs.
As Dying Men with an Everlasting Message
September 2, 2009About a year and a half ago, my friend Nathan Finn asked the question, “What are the most pressing issues facing the Southern Baptist Convention?” I revisited my answer yesterday and felt portions of it deserved a re-post. Prior to the push about a Great Commission Resurgence, there wasn’t a clear narrative about what to [...]
The Three-Dimensional Gospel
September 1, 2009Jonathan Dodson, author of Fight Clubs and pastor of Austin City Life, recently posted a little video excerpt talking about the three-dimensional nature of the gospel, in that it is theological, personal, and social. What Dodson does below is offer a theological explanation of the biblical gospel (not a biblical explanation of a theological gospel). [...]
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