Over recent years, there have been a number of attempts at labeling Calvinists and non-Calvinists in the SBC. I have referred to Calvinists and those who are Calvinistic (not five-point Calvinists), and on the other side to non-Calvinists and anti-Calvinists. My last post revealed some of the results from continued anti-Calvinism, and in [...]
Archive for the 'Calvinism' Category
Nathan Finn on Calvinism and Cooperation
December 9, 2008Casualties of Anti-Calvinism
December 8, 2008Three years ago, I began writing about the anonymous attacks of a website called “BaptistFire.” They were a website operating in the dark that advertised churches which either experienced conflict as a result of Calvinism or had fired their pastor as a result of it (assuming to warn other pastors of what might happen to [...]
Hyper-Calvinism, Anti-Calvinism, and Founders Ministries
December 5, 2008Update 12.05.08 :: 11:30 p.m. Having been away most of the day with family outing and then church planting meeting, I have not been able to follow the comments of this post. Upon reading them, I have become discouraged by the direction of the commentary and chose to dump all existing comments, including my own, [...]
Ed Stetzer Responds to David Allen’s Critique of Calvinism Research
December 4, 2008Ed Stetzer, President of LifeWay Research, has posted a response on his blog dealing extensively to David Allen’s criticism of NAMB and LifeWay Research. I encourage you to read Stetzer’s detailed explanation as well as research ethics behind the study. Stetzer concludes with these words:
It is my hope that this response to Allen’s review will [...]
Book Alert: John Calvin - A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology
December 1, 2008Title: John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine and Doxology
Editor: Burk Parsons, ed.
Publisher: Reformation Trust
Release Date: November 28, 2008
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
ISBN 13-digit: 978-156769-106-1
Retail Price: $19.00
Table of Contents: Yes
Intro: Yes
Sample Chapter: Yes
From Reformation Trust:
John Calvin is often reviled as a humorless doctrinarian who preached an austere theology that twisted Scripture. In [...]
David Allen, Hyper-Calvinism, and James White: The Rundown
November 30, 2008Timelines and an organized list of events can be helpful to see how things evolve (or devolve), so I thought I would provide a play-by-play run down of the events that have transpired (and will continue to transpire) since the John 3:16 conference, and more particularly the revival of the charge of hyper-Calvinism by Dr. [...]
Tom Ascol Responds to the Anti-Calvinism in the SBC
November 26, 2008Last week, I directed you to read the words of Voddie Baucham on the anti-Calvinism in the SBC. This week I want to turn your attention to the response of Tom Ascol who addresses three recent happenings: Steve Lemke’s article in NOBTS journal (which I have addressed), David Allen’s 34-page review of Building Bridges book, [...]
Voddie Baucham Reflects on Anti-Calvinism in the SBC
November 17, 2008It was ten years ago in the Fall of 1998 as a sophomore in college that I first heard Voddie Baucham speak. As a college minister, I traveled up to The Church at Brookhills with some friends to a conference called Refuge put on by StudentLife. All I can remember about Voddie ten years ago [...]
Live-blogging and Notes from John 3:16 Conference
November 9, 2008In an attempt to be brief and succinct, I will try to give a cliff note version the recent John 3:16 Conference as I understand it from those who attended and the blogs I have read. First the live-blogging posts:
Andrew Lindsey (Challies.com) and John Mark (Sweet Tea & Theology)
1. John 3:16 Conference (Lindsey)
2. Registration, Schedule, [...]
Steve Lemke Compilation
November 3, 2008I know most of you are totally uninterested in the upcoming John 3:16 Conference or addressing Dr. Steve Lemke’s egregious errors, but I felt that it was important to make the previous posts readily accessible to anyone who would like to read my interaction and responses to Lemke’s article, “What Is a Baptist? Nine Marks [...]
Steve Lemke on Timothy George and ROSES
October 13, 2008Steve Lemke has a section of his paper cleverly entitled “Flower Power” wherein he explains, to his satisfaction, the different between the “hard version” of TULIP and the softer, more acceptable version of ROSES as presented by Dr. Timothy George. In my previous post, I addressed Lemke’s caricature of the doctrines of grace (other than [...]
Steve Lemke on TULIP
October 10, 2008Since I addressed the T in TULIP in greater detail in my previous post, I will begin with the U of Unconditional election. While each point of TULIP as addressed by Lemke could (and probably should) be addressed in separate posts, I will am pursuing brevity for the benefit of the reader and should in [...]
Steve Lemke on Total Depravity
October 7, 2008Dr. Steve Lemke briefly gives his understanding of the doctrines of grace, otherwise known as the five points of Calvinism, and follows it up with what he calls “a helpful alternative” and “a softer version” in Dr. Timothy George’s acronym of ROSES. In the following posts, I will interact with Lemke’s understanding of the five [...]
Steve Lemke on “Four Streams” of Calvinism, Part 2
October 6, 2008In Part 1 of my response to Dr. Steve Lemke’s “four streams” of Calvinism, I addressed the unhelpful nature of labels and his misrepresentation of Founders Ministries. In Part 2, I want to briefly respond to the other three “streams” and show just how his definitions are superficial and stereotypical. Let’s pick up with the [...]
Case Study in the Need of a Great Commission Resurgence
December 17, 2008One of the things I have learned about blogging and addressing issues is that whatever issue you address that is most controversial ends up sticking to you whether you like it or not. When people in the “real world” sit down with me and get to know who I am or what makes up my [...]
Categories: Calvinism, Personal Commentary, SBC
Tags: Controversy, Great Commission Resurgence, SBC
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