LifeWay has released the results of research on denonimational loyalty among Protestant and evangelical church attenders. The study indicates that “one-third of all American Protestant churchgoers feel less than positive they will continue attending the same church in the near future. If they do switch, only about one out…
This Baptist Press release by Doug Baker is worth reading and heeding. He very helpfully assesses certain sectors of SBC life.
David Van Biema interviewed Al Mohler for Time magazine regarding Dr. Mohler’s recent hospitalization and near death. Dr. Mohler’s words are a fine example of the practicality of serious theology. Those who dismiss the importance of doctrine in Christian discipleship should read this interview very carefully and be challenged…
For the last several years I have been expressing my growing concern that, in many ways and in many places, evangelicals in general and Southern Baptists in particular have lost the Gospel. One of the first blog articles that I ever posted addressed this concern and I have repeatedly…
Timmy Brister is following up his excellent 5-part interview with Dr. David Dockery with a “live” blogging Q&A with the President of Union University from 8-10 PM Eastern time, Monday, January 29, 2007. You can read all the details and learn how to participate in Timmy’s announcement. It should…
If so, then the guy who preached this sermon ought to be deliriously happy. It is too full of historical, theological and exegetical fallacies to be taken seriously, so if you listen to it, do so for entertainment value. Regrettably, some people may take what he says to heart,…
Last Saturday I turned 50. Though I don’t put a lot of stock in birthdays, they do provide an opportunity for reflection, especially when they end in zero. A half of a century is a long time to take up space on the planet. Lots of things have changed…
After an incredibly busy and productive week (about which I hope to write later this week), I want to alert the readers here to some blogs worth checking out today. The first is the beginning of a series and the second a very fine example of theological thinking about…
Twenty years ago Tom Nettles’ book, By His Grace and for His Glory, was first published in paperback by Baker. In it Nettles argues that the doctrines of grace were the demonstrably theological consensus within the Southern Baptist Convention from its beginning in 1845 until the second decade of…