One of my favorite young pastors calls attention to the thoughts of one of my favorite young ladies over at Rebuilding Lakeshore.
I am delighted to announce the upcoming Founders Breakfast at the Southern Baptist Convention in San Antonio, June 12, 2007, in the Alamo Ballroom A/B/C/D on Level 2 in the Marriot Riverwalk. Dr. Voddie Baucham will be our speaker and will address the incredibly timely theme of “Southern Baptists…
I am delighted to announce the upcoming Founders Breakfast at the Southern Baptist Convention in San Antonio, June 12, 2007, in the Alamo Ballroom A/B/C/D on Level 2 in the Marriot Riverwalk. Dr. Voddie Baucham will be our speaker and will address the incredibly timely theme of “Southern Baptists…
If a collective vision can be constructed from the messages at the Baptist Identity Conference, it would include the following ingredients. 1. Being Baptist is much broader than being Southern Baptist2. Being Baptist is secondary to being Christian3. Being Baptist means taking church life seriously–inlcuding discipline and a regenerate…
The recent Baptist Identity conference hosted by Union University has appropriately received a great deal of attention. As I mentioned previously, I came away greatly encouraged. Though I had to miss the presentations on Saturday (by Timothy George and Ed Stetzer, both of whom, I am told, did a…
Thom Ranier is a class act. I have already commented on my appreciation for his message at the recent Baptist Identity Conference. Now he has written a very helpful article on the need to build bridges among Southern Baptists. In it, he says, I am a part of a…
After a few days to ruminate on the recent conference held at Union University, I am prepared to start offering some of my reflections. Audio recordings are available. First and foremost, I am greatly appreciative of Dr. David Dockery and the faculty and staff of Union University for sponsoring…
I have been exposed for the amateur blogger that I am by sitting next to Timmy Brister, Steve McKoy, Joe Thorn, Tim Ellsworth, Art Rogers and Steve Weaver the last two days. In the time that it takes me to figure out how to get blogger to load properly…
Thom Rainer and Mike Day were the 2nd and 3rd speakers on Thursday. Dr. Rainer spoke on evangelism and church growth and said good things about both. I especially appreciated his call for humility at the end. He demonstrated that for which he pled. He also called attention to…