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 [...]
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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
John Piper – Hallowed Be Your Name
June 16, 2011This past Monday, John Piper preached a powerful sermon focusing on the first phrase of the Lord’s Prayer, “Hallowed be your name.” In the typical expository exultation style of Piper, you can sense the gravitas and the gladness of the text as we are brought face to face with the greatness of God. In my [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
“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 [...]
PLNTD – A Baptist Network for Church Planting Churches
June 9, 2010Today, with my 10,000th tweet, I am happy to make known to you a project that has been in the works for several years–the PLNTD Network. This is a new network that is singular in its purpose and simple in its design. Its focus is the Great Commission, its passion is the local church, and [...]
Ray Ortlund on “Truly Reformed”
June 5, 2010If you are not reading (or have not subscribed to) Ray Ortlund’s blog, you are missing some of the best devotional commentary on the Internet. Most recently, he has taken up the issue of being “truly Reformed.” Generally, this title is attributed to fundamentalists in the Reformed camp who have a hard time with Christians [...]
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 [...]
Baptist Messenger Interview with Ronnie Floyd on the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force Report
May 9, 2010If you are like me and have not read all the GCR articles coming out, you might not be aware of all the conversation around the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force (GCRTF) of the SBC. Doug Baker, editor of the Baptist Messenger of Oklahoma, sat down with the chairman of the GCRTF, Ronnie Floyd, to [...]
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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