Baptist Press reports the gathering of 15 “prominent” evangelists in Jackson. The meeting was initiated by Jerrry Drace to discuss issues that they judge vital to their ministries. Unfortunately but not unexpectedly, the growing recovery of our denomination’s doctrinal heritage is one of their great concerns. The other is…
I am in Boca Raton this week teaching a J-term for Reformed Theological Seminary and have had no time to post. I hope to get back on schedule next week. A friend pointed me to this quote John Owen on a pastor’s inner life and attitude. It is rich,…
After a several week hiatus, I return to this series of posts on working for biblical reformation in a local church. Previously I addressed why this should even be attempted and what the goal of such an effort is. With this post I want to start thinking about the…
Too often zeal for truth is used as a license to be harsh, condescending or downright mean. Where such professed zeal is wedded to such attitudes you can be sure that something more than love for truth is motivating the one who is advocating it. Anyone who uses commitment…
Confirming months of speculation, the SBC Texan announces that Robert Jeffress, pastor of FBC Dallas, will nominate Al Mohler, President of Southern Seminary, for president of the SBC in Indianaopolis on June 10. Read the story here.
Several people have contacted me off line about my response to Tom Brady’s comments in his recent 60 Minutes interview and have promised to pray for him. Since New England is playing Saturday night for an undefeated season, and doing so in front of what could be a record…
Tom Brady, the 3-time Super Bowl champion quarterback of the New England Patriots was featured the week in a 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft on CBS. Brady is already a sports legend in one of the citadels of professional sports in America, Boston. His current team is 15-0…
SBC President, Frank Page, wrote an article for Baptist Press yesterday entitled, “Calvinism and Southern Baptists.” He cites the recent Building Bridges conference and the research on the growth of Reformed theology within the SBC that LifeWay released in conjunction with that coference. Of the former he says, Though…
Kevin Larson is one of the church planters that the Missouri Baptist Convention recently axed after previously having agreed to support his efforts financially and with personal encouragement. He planted Karis Comunity Church in downtown Columbia in 2006. He recently answered some questions that I submitted to him and…
Bob Ross:Nettles has written against invitations in his book By His Grace and For His Glory, and probably has taught his students at SBTS his anti-invitation views. So here it is, Nettles, a Flounder, like Murray and Reisinger opposes the view of one of the Founders of Southern Seminary,…