Kairos Journal is a great source for helpful articles on a variety of subjects ranging from ethics to religion to government. It comes weekly to my email inbox. One of the featured articles this week calls attention to Ad Abolendam, the medieval papal bull that became the “founding charter…
Pastor Don Elbourne has been faithfully shepherding his congregation and serving his community in “rebuilding Lakeshore” since Hurricane Katrina three years ago. The Lakeshore, Waveland Mississippi area took a direct hit from that storm. This week, Hurricane Gustav took its toll on many of the facilities that have been…
Note: For the following is Macintosh users only (which now includes Joe Thorn, James White, Tim Brister and soon–before December 31, I’m guessing–will include Ed Stetzer). For the last year I have taken advantage of special offers from Macupdate. I have received some very useful programs for very little…
A few weeks ago I interviewed Tom Nettles, professor of historical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, for the Founders Podcast. The first part of that interview is available here. In it Dr. Nettles talks about how he became a seminary professor and the book, Baptists and the Bible,…
When I began this blog 3 years ago I decided to follow a rather liberal policy on comments. That approach has allowed for some “over-the-top” statements to be made by folks from various perspectives. This approach has allowed for “heated and offensives comments to be posted.” Let me restate…
J. Gresham Machen was a bright light in a dark age of American Christianity. While liberalism was rapidly spreading throughout the new world, Machen was one of the great leaders who recognized the waning of Gospel light among the Protestant denominations of the United States. His book, Christianity and…
The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies is hosting a conference this week on the campus of Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. The theme is “The English Baptists of the 17th Century” and features well-known Baptist historians and theologians such as Tom Nettles, Michael Haykin, Stan Fowler Jim Renihan…
The last 6 weeks have been memorable for my family and me, to say the least. Donna, my oldest child and I hope to arrive home tonight after a wonderful experience in Alaska. The Reformation Conference was very encouraging, and the opportunity to fellowship with pastors and serious-minded church…
It has been a month since I had my up close and personal encounter with lightning. These last 4 weeks have been filled new experiences. Some of those were mentioned in Donna’s update a couple of weeks ago. Others have been harder to articulate. About a week after the…