The recent Baptist Press report that “baptisms are down” for the previous year in the SBC is provoking much reflection and analysis. The responses that I have seen thus far are concerned that these statistics indicate that Southern Baptists are failing in evangelism. Bobby Welch sees this decline as…
Last Friday at the “College for a Weekend” emphasis at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, Jerry Falwell preached a chapel message to 1828 prospective new students along with current students, faculty and staff. Under the title of “Our Message, Mission and Vision,” Dr. Falwell delcared his purpose to be…
I have the privilege of pastoring Gus and Anita Gonzalez and their three children in Grace Baptist Church. They have been part of the Grace family for twelve years. For eighteen years Gus and Anita have been faithfully involved in ministering to inmates serving in various state prisons throughout…
Messages given at the “Theology Driven Ministry” Conference hosted by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary are now available on the seminary website. Baptist Press ran a story on the talks given by Paul Tripp and Sinclair Ferguson which included this sobering admonition by the Scotsman, “Either become more like Christ…
One of the controversies bubbling up in the Southern Baptist Convention has to do with “private prayer language.” Steve McCoy recently revealed that NAMB is now asking about this in their applications for scholarships: “Do you speak in an unknown tongue (glosolalia) or have a private prayer language?” Well,…
Dr. Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, spoke today at the “Theology Driven Ministry” conference hosted by the seminary. Other speakers include Sinclair Ferguson and Paul Tripp. Following is the handout that accompanied Dr. Akin’s talk. The eight points that he emphasizes are matters that must become…
Scott Lamb recently interviewed me for The Pathway. The questions focused mostly on Founders Ministries and the Southern Baptist Convention. They have recently posted part of the interview on their website. Here is an excerpt with a link. In what direction do you see Founders Ministries heading in the…
Last week Dr. Mark Devine, professor of theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, sent me a link to his article on the Emerging Church. It is scheduled for publication in the Midwestern Journal of Theology. Mark is a very insightful theologian and his gifts of analysis are a welcome…
The Lady Ambassadors lost the championship game rather decisively. We were tied until 5 seconds after the opening tip. Our opponents were simply superior to us. They were older, stronger, more experienced, better players with better coaches. The final score was 71-23. It was a great opportunity for us…
The Lady Ambassadors won their first two games and now are scheduled to play Trinity Christian Academy from Miami tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 PM. Our girls played great in both games, winning 49-17 and 45-17. It was one of those days when it seemed like the longer we played,…