Today I had a document forwarded to me (from two different people) that was sent out to what looks to be a list of all the executive directors of state conventions in the Southern Baptist Convention. The title of the document is “A Statement of Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding…
Tom Nettles is one of the foremost Baptist historians in the world. His published work has helped shape Southern Baptists for more than three decades in the areas of biblical authority, Baptist identity, gospel recovery and church health and polity. There is no one that I would rather hear…
Editor Gerald Harris has written an editorial entitled, “The Calvinists are here” and published in the Georgia Baptist’s Christian Index. It’s truly sad. I don’t think it is available online, yet, but if it becomes available, I will link to it. For now, you can read a retyped copy…
Jared Moore recently asked me to address this big question. I’m sure my answer will surprise some and anger others. But I’m also hopeful that my thoughts will resonate with many. Here is part of what I said. I think the SBC is facing an identity crisis that, if…
Pleasant Valley Community Church of Owensboro, Kentucky has not let a local Baptist Association’s and Director of Mission’s rejection of them to knock them off course. They have been and remain on mission in planning and working to get the gospel of Jesus Christ to an unreached people group…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…. That must be the way that Pastor Jamus Edwards and the members of the Pleasant Valley Community Church (SBC) felt when the Davies-McLean Baptist Association (DMBA) in Kentucky refused to allow them to join last week….
Wayne Grudem is one of the leading theologians of our generation. His Systematic Theology quickly became a classic and is now widely used in churches and classrooms around the world. In addition to his theological writings, Dr. Grudem has also addressed issues that confront believers and the church in…
Loads of bandwidth has been occupied with debate over the upcoming vote on the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force Report that will be recommended to the Southern Baptist Convention next week in Orlando. Arguments both pro and con have at times bordered on the apocalyptic. Trevin Wax has done…
Providence and a desire to be as thoughtful as I can have kept me from posting my thoughts on the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force (GCRTF) report presented by Chairman Ronnie Floyd to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) on February 22, 2010. The report has…
Over the last several months I have repeatedly been asked why I support the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force (GCRTF) and the broader impetus that led to its formation. A full explanation would include some necessary nuances and caveats that transcend the limits of a blog post, but the…