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For more info, here is the link to the BP article. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37224 1) This should come as a surprise to those who thought there was some kind of pressure to force an agenda on everyone. They studied the issue and came up with what they think is a “win/win.” Reasonable folks without an agenda came [...]
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The Southern Baptist Convention! The name is NOT going to change. However, there will be an informal name, which will be announced in a minute. It has been clarified that this is NOT a dba, but more like an informal nickname. The nickname will be “Great Commission Baptists.” Here’s the BP article http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37224
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There has been an interesting phenomenon in these recent years of upheaval in the SBC. Group after group has laid claim to one form or another of the “Majority Baptists” or “grassroots Baptists” moniker. That is not a surprise. Every one of us wants to believe that not only are our views correct, biblical and [...]
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It is February 20 and over the next two days the Executive Committee of the SBC is meeting in Nashville. One item of business at that meeting will be the report of the Task Force appointed by SBC President Bryant Wright to examine the potential name change. I don’t know when in the agenda of [...]
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There has been a constant wave of news recently that has led some to opine that America is seeing a “war on religion” – that the current administration and liberal politicians and educators are seeking to limit the influence and power of religion in American culture. More to the point, the assumption made is not [...]
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If you have followed our discussions here at SBC Voices, it will come as no surprise that I have a significantly different view of recent SBC events than my friends and fellow-contributors, Howell Scott and Rick Patrick. I thought the GCR, while certainly not perfect, was an important and necessary step in refocusing our convention [...]
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It is odd that humor, something that is so much a part of our lives today, is talked about so little in the Bible. There are some who have deduced from that fact and the awesome holiness of God that humor is somehow inappropriate in Kingdom work. Some have advocated that humor should not be [...]
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I saw an interesting article at Trevin Wax’s site “Kingdom People” called “Looking for a Church? 3 Suggestions.” It discusses (watch Dave state the obvious) how to find a biblical church. In the article, he uses three words that I would like to apply to the future of the SBC. He mentions three “orthos” – [...]
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