Yesterday I preached from Mary’s song in Luke 1:46-56 and tried to show how the events surrounding her miraculous conception shaped her perception of God. Specifically, my concern was to call attention to those descriptions in the “Magnificat” that portray Him as the “Great Reverser.” That language is borrowed…
Last month I called attention to the LifeWay announcement about Dr. Ray Clendenen being named the Director of Academic Publishing for B&H. Just this week, a new podcast interview with Dr. Clendenen has been made available by Inside LifeWay in which he discusses some of his plans and goals…
Nathan Finn is an adjunct professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. More importantly, he is a devoted to Christ and His church and is a clear thinker who has been thinking lately on important issues within the denomination he serves. He has posted 16 articles about what he sees…
In his book, No Place for Truth, David Wells argues that pastors ought to be brokers of truth. That is, truth is our stock in trade. We deal in revealed truth. We try to persuade people to believe it and live on the basis of it. Because of that,…
Dr. Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, sent the following email today to the students of that school. It is full of wisdom and is an example of the kind of clear thinking and careful speaking that we desperately need in our day. I appreciate his concern…
This seems to be an appropriate designation for those doctrinal speculations that have more in common with nursery rhymes and fairy tales than with Scripture. Humpty Dumpty, you may recall, is an anthropomorphized egg given to the world by Mother Goose. It was Lewis Carroll, however, that showed Humpty…
James White has provided a free audio file of a presentation that he and I gave at his recent Pulpit Crimes Conference. We each gave a brief overview of material that we had planned to present at the debate on Calvinism that was sabotaged at the last minute by…
Today I received a notice that Kevin Greeson, author of the Camel Training Manual, will be in an area church next week speaking on the International Mission Board’s strategy of converting Muslim’s as set forth by this manual. Here is published information about the strategy that Greeson advocates: For…
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal published a page one article entitled, “That Sermon You Heard Sunday May Be from the Web.” It quotes a pastor from my own state who unashamedly admits to preaching Ed Young Jr.’s sermons. Reverend Brian Moon “says he delivered about 75% of Mr. Young’s sermon,…
This is a great move. Dr. Clendenen is a class act. We can expect good things from this division of B&H in the future. Read the press release for details.