As is commonly known, Dr. Ergun Caner preached last Sunday night at Thomas Road Baptist Church (edit: click on April 9, 2006 sermon) in Lynchburg, Virginia on “Why I am Predestined Never to Be a Calvinist (or Hyper-Calvinist). I watched a video of the message once and, to borrow…
Timmy Brister has just announced a meeting that he is putting together for bloggers. It will take place in conjunction with the Together for the Gospel Conference coming up in Louisville later this month. It looks like it will be a great opportunity to meet and fellowship around the…
The Southern Baptist Convention website has very clear instructions on how to submit a resolution to the annual convention. You may submit one either electronically or via regular mail as early as April 15. Last August, in response to a suggestion made by Gene Bridges, I put together a…
I have more than a passing interest in the current debate about immigration laws that was bogged down in Congress yesterday and now, according to recent reports, seems like it might result in new, meaningful legislation. At least a third of the members of the church I serve are…
Dr. Yarnell sent me the following letter in response to my critique of his recent article in SBC Life and asked that it be posted on my blog. _____________________________________________________________ Dear Tom: Your searching critique of what I have written is, as always, enjoyable and beneficial. You are correct in…
As some of you will recall, back in February, Dr. Ergun Caner commented on this blog that “Five-point Calvinism is a VIRUS. It saps the evangelism of every church it infects.” In response to that diagnosis the Department of Arminian Insecurity was formed in order to monitor the threat…
I am sure that I will be accused of only having one string on my banjo for bringing up Calvinism again, but it is difficult to remain silent when the dialogue about Calvinism gets off track so often. Sometimes it’s the slight misperceptions that are the most egregious errors…
Is there a right way to do this? Evidently Simon, over at “Thinking Deeply” (I am not making this up) believes that there is and that I and others are doing it the wrong way because that is the title of his recent rant article against several Calvinist bloggers…
In case you missed it, BP ran an article by this title two weeks ago by Doug Baker that is very much worth reading. While applauding the gains made by the conservative resurgence Baker rightly warns that they will be temporary if there is not an ongoing effort to…
Yes, there is indeed going to be a debate about Calvinism and yes, yours truly has agreed to participate in it. After Ergun and Emir Caner showed up on this blog and began launching scud missiles against the doctrines of grace, James White reissued his challenge to Ergun to…