The following posts were made available at Sowing Grace this past week:
Sunday: n/a
Monday: Monday Is for Membership: Gospel Saturated, Part 2
Tuesday: Missional Moleskine (Journaling) [Cultivating Community Contacts, Part 8]
Wednesday: n/a
Thursday: Atheist Penn Jillette on Hating Unbelievers
Friday: Fuel Friday: Acts 29 Boot Camp (Dallas)
Saturday: Never Empty Your Brain of the Gospel!
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This Week at Sowing Grace (6)
December 22, 2008This Week at Sowing Grace (4)
December 1, 2008The following posts were made available at Sowing Grace this past week:
Sunday: Paul’s Prayer to the Roman Church
Monday: Monday Is for Membership: Biblical Theologian, Part 2
Tuesday: “Holy Wordliness” (Cultivating Community Contacts, Part 5)
Wednesday: Thanksgiving Break
Thursday: Thanksgiving Break
Friday: Thanksgiving Break
Saturday: Thanksgiving Break
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This Week at Sowing Grace (3)
November 23, 2008The following posts were made available at Sowing Grace this past week:
Sunday: Paul’s Prayer to the Ephesian Church
Monday: Monday Is for Membership: Biblical Theologian, Part 1
Tuesday: Developing Missional Patterns (Cultivating Community Contacts, Part 4)
Wednesday: Leadership in the Early Church (study in Acts)
Thursday: Greatness Redefined (chapter 3)
Friday: Fuel Friday: Church Planting Novice (Jonathan Dodson)
Saturday: Mark Dever [...]
This Week at Sowing Grace
November 8, 2008The following posts were made available at Sowing Grace this past week:
Sunday: Paul’s Prayer to the Colossian Church
Monday: Monday Is for Membership: Expositional Listening, Part 1
Tuesday: Cultivating Community Contacts, Part 2
Wednesday: Centrality of the Word in Acts
Thursday: The Promise of Humility (Chapter 1)
Friday: Fuel Friday: London Dwell Conference Audio
Saturday: A Cross-shaped Mission
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The First Order of Business Is to Know the Gospel
October 23, 2008Thabiti Anywabile, in his excellent little book What Is a Healthy Church Member? has a chapter on being gospel-saturated that is work the price of the entire book. Allow me to post an excerpt where Anyabwile express the importance and definition of the gospel.
“The first order of business is to know the gospel . . [...]
Steve Lemke on Bethlehem Baptist Church, Baptism, and Church Membership
October 14, 2008Steve Lemke is not a fan of Together for the Gospel. The second half of his article is entitled, “Baptists and Presbyterians Not Together: Nine Marks Which Separate Baptists from Presbyterians,” where Lemke lays out his argument for Baptist separation (or, as I would argue, isolation). Interestingly enough, his first two marks are “soul competency” [...]
Southwest Founders Conference
September 25, 2008The Southern Baptist Founders Conference - Southwest begins today and will continue through the weekend (see schedule). Executive Director Tom Ascol will be speaking four times on topics including “Church Discipline & Church Growth,” “Biblical Church Membership,” “The Emergent Church,” and Ephesians 4:1-16 (others will be speaking as well). The conference is being hosted by [...]
Nathan Finn on Baptizing Children and Church Membership
August 27, 2008One of the important points to address in recovering a regenerate church membership is the issue of baptizing young children. Nathan Finn was recently interviewed by Michael Spencer (iMonk) on the important issue of church membership, and I have provided a portion of Nathan’s answer to the question of baptizing children. Reconnecting the ordinance of [...]
“No One Can Tell Southern Baptists What to Do”
July 9, 2008That’s the comment by Darrell Orman, chairman of the Resolutions Committee, speaking to Christianity Today after the passing of the resolution on regenerate church membership. Tom Ascol’s response:
“That’s a sad reality. Even Jesus can’t tell some Southern Baptists what to do.”
Am I the only who finds it odd that the chairman of a resolutions [...]
Founders Podcast 4: Interview with Andy Davis
June 27, 2008Yesterday afternoon, I did my final podcast of the conference (there is another one with Dr. Tom Nettles yet to go online) with Dr. Andy Davis. I have heard much about Dr. Davis from Nathan Finn and others, and it was at T4G 06 when I first became aware of his little booklet on extended [...]
Disciplined Church Discipline, and the Dance That Is to Come
June 19, 2008Dr. Ken Keathley, blogging at Between the Times, has written a helpful post reflecting on a case of undisciplined church discipline. In his article, Keathley addresses that, while it is appropriate in cases of obstinence and indifference, disciplining the weak Christian is not in order. He writes,
There is a world of difference between [...]
More Than Endorsements and Hat Tips
June 18, 2008In a recent blogpost, Denny Burk shares his thoughts on the passing of Resolution #6 (on regenerate church membership). After expressing his appreciation and encouragement about its passing, Burk writes,
For those who think that resolution 6 was mainly about membership numbers, I think that idea really misses the point. The inflated membership numbers [...]
Tried and Deemed Credible: Mere Words Alone Do Not Suffice
June 17, 2008On the heels of my previous post where Dagg argues that, while churches are not infallible in their judgment, they should consider the profession of faith and evidence of regeneration when assessing candidates for church membership, I want to present an argument in support of Dagg, providing excerpts and a brief commentary on this important [...]
Sam Rainer on Regenerate Church Membership
June 16, 2008A couple of months ago, Sam Rainer shared the story of how his church is pursuing integrity in church membership. While referring to the massive disparity between membership statistics and church attendance in the SBC at large, Rainer shared the following:
Our church is no different. In fact, we are one of the worst offenders. Our [...]
I Quote - You Decide
June 12, 2008Two quotes, no commentary, for your consideration:
Quote 1:
“We have to be very careful. If you try to take this (regenerate church membership) to the lowest common denominator, before too long, you’ll find the pastors and the church leadership to try to separate the sheep from the goats (an allusion to a parable about the separation [...]
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