Last week the otherwise catatonic SBC corner of the blogosphere erupted when Wade Burleson wrote that the administration of SWBTS planned 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…
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…
Paul Butler of Moody Radio’s Prime Time America interviewed me today on my favorite subject: the gospel. Paul read an article I wrote entitled, “A Message Worth Fighting For,” that appears in the February issue of TableTalk and thought it might be helpful to discuss the simplicity of the…
Wyman Richardson, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dawson, GA has been invited to give a brief devotional before the Georgia House of Representatives tomorrow morning at 10AM Eastern time. His comments will be livestreamed, beginning promptly at 10AM. You may tune in by going here and clicking on the…
Kevin Boling of the “Knowing the Truth” radio program will interview me tomorrow in conjunction with their month-long celebration of 2009 as the 500th anniversary of the birth of Calvin. Kevin is interviewing several of the contributors to Burk Parsons’ book, John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine and…
Pastor Don Elbourne has reported that the Hancock County Planning and Zoning Board recently voted to require Lakeshore Baptist Church to remove all temporary structures from their property by May 31st. Under Don’s leadership, the church has been responding to the needs of that community in Waveland, Mississippi since…
The following video highlights the nature of the world we live in, where at times, the only constant seems to be change. More than ever followers of Jesus need to be like the “sons of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do”…
The whole Bible is about Jesus Christ and the message of Jesus Christ is good news, or “the gospel.” God took thousands of years to reveal the gospel and it was not until the time was ripe that Jesus appeared on the scene of history (Galatians 4:4). If the…