16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Nothing too profound here. Just an observation I think bears repeating. The fight over biblical inerrancy was [...]
Archive for the ‘SBC’ category
Nathan Finn on “The Gospel and Baptist Identity”
August 26, 2011Dr. Nathan Finn has recently completed an excellent blog series entitled “The Gospel and Baptist Identity.” I for one am glad to see the two merged together as it is my hope that the identity of Baptists would fundamentally be characterized by the functional centrality of the gospel. Be sure to check out the blogposts [...]
Dever, Platt, and Mohler on Church Planting and the SBC
August 12, 2011IX Marks hosted a panel discussion at the 2011 SBC Annual Meeting where Mark Dever sat down with David Platt and Albert Mohler to talk about the state of the SBC, church planting, and the Cooperative Program. Check it. HT: IX Marks Blog
A Motion to Remember
June 14, 2011One year ago . . .
Consequences of Meaningless Membership
May 25, 2011Al Jackson, one of the men I esteem highly in the SBC has written about unregenerate church membership in the May-June 2011 IX Marks e-Journal. In particular, he spells out the consequences for meaningless membership. Quoting Vance Havner, he says that “we are many but we are not much.” Jackson writes: The Southern Baptist Convention [...]
Alabama Baptist Resolution on Gluttony and Self-Control
December 1, 2010It’s no secret that Southern Baptists don’t like alcohol. As someone who has never had a beverage alcohol in my life, I have been quite ashamed and disappointed by the fundamentalism that has elevated drinking wine to that of biblical orthodoxy. Moreover, with dozens of resolutions coming out in my lifetime, folks have wondered why [...]
The Transfer of the Gospel
October 25, 2010On October 3, our church launched our first daughter church. It was a great moment as we have worked over the past two years to transition into being a church planting church. I had the privilege of preaching at Grace that morning, and in light of the launch of our first daughter church, I decided [...]
Johnny Hunt, Calvinism, and the Past Ten Years of My Life
October 19, 2010Before you read any further, please watch this short video clip where Dustin Neeley interviewed Johnny Hunt at the Advance the Church conference earlier this year. This video clip is moving to me for reasons most of you are unaware I presume. Although some of my life story is recorded in Collin Hansen’s Young, Restless, [...]
Nathan Finn on Reformed Baptists
July 19, 2010Nathan Finn has written a helpful four-part series on being Reformed and Baptist that I would like to commend to you. While those with a historical consciousness and theological acumen understand the symbiotic nature of being Reformed and Baptist, there will always be those within the SBC who will attempt to present the two as [...]
“Bring It Back” – The Series
June 29, 2010Over the past month, I have posted a 12-part series at the PLNTD Network website explaining the vision and direction of the new church planting initiative. In the coming months, we plant to turn this series into a downloadable e-booklet, but for those who may have not seen them, I thought I’d post the links [...]
SBC Resolution on the Centrality of the Gospel
June 19, 2010Readers of this blog will know that I have written a great deal about the centrality of the gospel. Three years ago I stated that the greatest need in the SBC is the recovery of the gospel (see also Nathan Finn’s comments). So needless to say, I was really encouraged to see a resolution passed [...]
Affirming the Acts 29 Network at the 2010 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting (or Teamwork Will Make the Dream Work)
June 17, 2010During the three hour drive to Orlando for the 2010 SBC Annual Meeting, Josh Shank, Charlie Mitchell, and I began to think what contribution we can make to the business meeting. Should we try to punk the SBC? Nah, too controversial. How about making a motion expressing appreciation and affirmation for the investment of the [...]
The Alabama Baptist: A Case Study in the GCR Debate
June 3, 2010You may not be Southern Baptist, and you may not be from the state of Alabama, but if you’ve got a moment and care about the Great Commission Resurgence, I like to offer a few thoughts. I am one of those boys born and raised Southern Baptist, and for 20 of my 31 years of [...]
Baptist21 Luncheon and Panel Discussion in Orlando
June 2, 2010For those of you heading down (or up for me) to Orlando in two weeks for the SBC Annual Meeting, you will want to be sure to sign up for the Baptist21 Luncheon and Panel Discussion. This is an opportunity to hear and discuss important issues related to the SBC and Great Commission Resurgence and [...]
Ten Thoughts About the SBC
June 13, 2011It’s been quite a long time since I blogged anything about the Southern Baptist Convention. Early blog readers will remember the days when SBC issues were a regular item here. It is not so much that I am uninterested in what is taking place in the SBC as much as it is a desire for [...]
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