The issue that looms large for the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Kentucky is the announced Great Commission Resurgence and the anticipated move by President Johnny Hunt to appoint a committee to study the overall structure of the convention. The document calling for a GCR has garnered widespread…
What others are saying about the book What a strange mixture of glory and corruption in fallen man; what incongruities exist in the affections and perceptions of the regenerate soul! This introduction to the piety of the Senior and Junior Basil Manly is a fascinating, moving, and shocking look…
As a Christian I grieve over the legalized slaughter of the innocents by medical professionals through the act of abortion. The culture of death that the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision hurried along has now a dominant element of our society. Yesterday, an abortion doctor was arrested…
Last week the otherwise catatonic SBC corner of the blogosphere erupted when Wade Burleson wrote that the administration of SWBTS was to purge Calvinistic faculty in the name of economic cutbacks. I received numerous questions via facebook, twitter, email and old-fashioned phone calls about that accusation and the resultant…
It is obvious that the last few months have seen a significant slow down in my blogging activity. There are several reasons for this, a few stemming from the general state of blogging and more from the state of my own life and situation. I have written briefly about…
The rise of Calvinism in evangelical life has been well-documented both statistically and anecdotally over the last few years. In an age when, according to Arminian theologian, Roger Olson, most who fly under the flag of American evangelicalism are probably semi-Pelagian, that is especially good news. Few would be…