Broadman and Holman just released the new book, Calvinism: A Southern Baptist Dialogue, which is a collection of the papers presented at the Building Bridges conference last November. Ray Clendenen and Brad Waggoner have done a great job compiling and editing the presentations. They have also added a Glossary…
The Baptist Standard has published a package of articles on the resurgence of Calvinism. Ken Camp, the managing editor of the Standard, has done a very credible job on the stories. One of them highlights a talk by Leo Garrett on “Baby Boomer Baptist Theologians” in which he contends…
I hope I live long enough to see the day when the common caricatures of the doctrines of sovereign grace have been so widely exposed that any self-respecting preacher will be ashamed to keep serving them up as if they were irrefutable critiques of what John Broadus called “that…
I have spent the last couple of days with 5000 friends at the Together for the Gospel conference in Louisville. OK, I’m stretching the truth a bit. It hasn’t really been two full days. But there are 5000 people here. The preaching has been good and the conversations between…
The theme of the latest Founders Journal (71) is “the other resurgence.” It contains articles by Tom Nettles and Christian George, representing the “old guard” of the reformation efforts within the SBC and the rising generation who is similarly committed to those efforts. Dr. Nettles needs no introduction to…
James Galyon has a very informative interview with SBC presidential candidate, Bill Wagner. Dr. Wagner, in an earlier interview, made the statement that he thinks Calvinistic Southern Baptists are less missional than the non-Calvinistic Southern Baptists. Dr. Galyon challenges this statement and provides a wonderful overview of missionary efforts…
SBCtoday has posted another of their informative interviews. This time it is with Dr. Will Wagner, former IMB missionary and professor at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He was the first person to announce his candidacy for the SBC presidency to be decided in upcoming convention meeting this June….
Jerry Vines Ministries is hosting a “John 3:16 Conference” at First Baptist Church, Woodstock on November 6-7, 2008. While the final schedule of the meetings will be posted later, according to the website, the following lineup is listed. John 3:16 – Dr. Jerry Vines John 3:16 to the entire…
When you talk about Luther Rice and Calvinism, you need to clarify whether you are referring to the man or the seminary that bears his name. Dr. James Flanagan, the President of the Luther Rice Seminary, recently wrote about Calvinism in his “President’s Perspective” column in the Pioneer (Vol….
Moody Radio’s Prime Time America is scheduled to broadcast a story today for which I was interviewed. I don’t know when the segment will air but the show starts at 5PM Eastern time. It is about (what else?) the resurgence of Calvinism in the SBC. Phil Fleischman did a…