I posted the following article December 18, 2007. In light of recent discussions in the SBC I thought it might be helpful to publish again. Then Frank Page was the president of the SBC. Now he is the president of the Executive Committee. His views then are consistent with…
Diane Lytle alerted me in a comment that Dr. Steve Lemke has explained the purpose of the announced John 3:16 conference coming up this fall in Woodstock, Georgia. Dr. Lemke writes, This conference is intended as a majoritarian Southern Baptist response to the “Building Bridges” and “Together for the…
They said it couldn’t be done. Many doubters–both friends and those who would not want to be so identified–thought a meeting on Calvinism sponsored by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Founders Ministries and hosted by LifeWay Christian Resources, simply could not be “pulled off.” The issues are too divisive,…
Here are some sources of information and opinions about the Building Bridges conference. Audio files of the talks Baptist Press Reports Calvinism examined in its Baptist context.For whom did Christ die? Does God choose who will believe? Stereotypes hinder SBC’s Calvinism dialogue. Akin envisions ‘Great Commission Resurgence. Selected Blog…
Kevin Boling and Paul Dean of the Calling for Truth radio talk show will interview me today at 1PM (Eastern time) about the recently concluded Building Bridges conference. The program airs live on the airwaves in SC (and parts of NC, TN and GA) on Christian Talk 660am. A…
The conference ended on a high note with Danny Akin’s presentation on Working Together to Make Christ Known. His comments were insightful, inspiring, bold, courageous and gracious. He argued for why and how Southern Baptists should make the effort to work together for a “Great Commission Resurgence.” This is…
Mike Harland of LifeWay is leading our singing for the conference and is doing an outstanding job in guiding us in worship. Theology sings and those who recognize the importance of theology tend to love to sing. That is as it should be since all theology should lead to…
David Dockery identified himself as the “lead off hitter for the Akin-Amyrauldian-quasi-Arminian team” as he began his talk on the historical record of Baptists and Calvinism. Using 1 Thesalonians 5:21 (Test all things; hold fast what is good) as his guide, he led us through a very helpful birds-eye-view…
Ed Stetzer talked about recent research from LifeWay and NAMB under the heading of “Calvinism and SBC Leadership and Evangelistic Implications.” My take on Ed’s report is that research indicates that the conservative resurgence is becoming a Calvinistic resurgence. As he put it, “It would be difficult to say…
The Building Bridges Confernce: Southern Baptists and Calvinism conference is scheduled to begin in a few hours. There will be no live webcast of the sessions but it is anticipated that some will be live-blogging the meeting. If this indeed does happen, and I discover who is doing it,…