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…
Founders Ministries was born in a prayer meeting in a Texas hotel in 1982. It’s hard to believe that nearly 30 years have passed since the original vision for this ministry was born.The change in the religious landscape–both within and beyond the Southern Baptist Convention–from then to now is…
I was struck again today by the simple, devastating indictment that 2 Kings 17:33 makes against generic religion So they feared the LORD but also served their own gods. This brief summary describes the mixed multitude of Assyrians who were settled in the fallen nation of Israel. Because of…
Gerald Harris’ recent editorial against Calvinism has raised an old dilemma for me and, I would guess, for many other Southern Baptists. Harris pieces together quotes, rants, gratuitous assertions with scare tactics and non sequiturs in order to warn that “the Calvinists are here.” As I mentioned in some…
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…
The Louisville Courier-Journal and writer Peter Smith are to be commended for an even-handed treatment of “new Calvinism” and the way it is exemplified within the Southern Baptist Convention by Pleasant Valley Community Church (PVCC). This is the church whose application for membership the Davies-McLean Baptist Association rejected last…
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…
Scripture says to give honor to whom honor is due (Romans 13:7). Today I have one the greatest privileges of my life in recognizing and paying honor to one of the Lord’s most useful servants in our generation, Dr. Tom Nettles. If all goes as planned then during today’s…
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….