I had the privilege of serving on the Southern Baptist Convention’s Calvinism Advisory Committee under the leadership of David Dockery and Frank Page. The statement that resulted from our work has been widely distributed and analyzed. Today, the Executive Committee of the SBC released the video of panel discussion…
I have been privileged to lecture at a couple of different seminaries over the years and one of my favorite courses to teach is Pastoral Theology. Dr. Bob Gonzales is the Dean of the Reformed Baptist Seminary and has graciously invited me to help teach that class for students…
Andrew Fuller is one of my heroes. As an English Baptist pastor he was greatly used of God in the latter 18th and early 19th centuries to encourage the spread of the gospel around the world. Because of his rejection of “false Calvinism” and defense of “true” or “strict”…
In 1996 Founders Press began with the publication of my little booklet, From the Protestant Reformation to the Southern Baptist Convention: What Hath Geneva to Do with Nashville? I wrote it in part to respond to the widely-held assumption (and often-repeated refrain) that “Southern Baptists have never been Calvinists.”…
Dr. Frank Page Last week Frank Page, Executive Director of the Southern Baptist Convention, released a report from the Calvinism Advisory Committee that he appointed last year. I was asked to join the committee after their first meeting. I attended the second (and last) meeting last November and participated…
With all of the obfuscation, evasions, misrepresentations and outright lies that have come from USA government officials recently, I am glad for any humorous respite that can be found in the midst. The WashingtonFreeBeacon video below provides such. It is funny, in an outrageous, disappointing sort of way.
Matt Carter of Austin Stone Church is writing a book with former University of Texas quarterback, Colt McCoy. I would probably have read the book anyway since there is much about Matt’s ministry that I admire, not to mention the fact that he is an Aggie (that cancels out…
Here is another 2 minute video from the good folks at BibleStudyTools.com .This one addresses the question of how grace, faith and works relate to each other in Paul’s instructions in Ephesians 2:8-10. Click here for the link.
My mother taught me the old adage, “I can’t hear what you say because I see what you do.” In other words, when our lives do not align with our speech, then our message is unbelievable. This is a sobering reality for pastors. How many times have we unwittingly…
It’s common wisdom among pastors that no important decision should be made on a Monday. Especially a Monday morning. The nature of pastoral work causes the Lord’s Day to be a day that typically requires a great expenditure of physical, emotional and spiritual energy for a man who gives…