Matt Svoboda

16 June by Matt Svoboda

Back in the SBC fold

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As many of you know, I have been out of the SBC(due to the Lord exiling me) for a little over two years now… Well, I’m coming back in the SBC fold.  It feels good.  I was saved in a SBC church and was educated by SBC institutions.  It will be nice to be serving [...]

30 November by Matt Svoboda

An Endorsement of The Generous Soul by Marty Duren

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For those of you who do not know, Marty Duren has written a new book: The Generous Soul: An Introduction to Missional Giving. I told Marty I would review his book, but right after I made that commitment life got crazy- really crazy.  Maybe at a later time I will get to write a full [...]

12 August by Matt Svoboda

What is the best book you have read this year?

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That is all I want to know… What book has been your favorite in 2010?

27 July by Matt Svoboda

Problems with Premillennialism

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reminder- not a divisive issue. We can disagree and still love each other very much. Don’t be a jerk or your comment will be deleted. I don’t know how long this will be, so let’s get to it. Problems with Premillennialism: I used to go back and forth between Amillennialism and Historic Premillennialism… Now, because [...]

23 July by Matt Svoboda

Why I believe Amillennialism

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This is a blog.  This will not be an exhaustive argument for Amillennialism.  This post will merely be a small argument as to why I believe that Scriptures teach an Amillennial understanding of the Lord’s Return.  Maybe I should do a post about what I actually believe because many Amillennials disagree on a number of [...]

1 July by Matt Svoboda

Justin Nale Gets It Right: Reformed or Southern Baptist? Both!

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The following is by pastor Justin Nale: My friend Les’ second post in his series argues that there are a number of pastors in the SBC who are not SBC pastors that are reformed, but reformed pastors who are pastoring SBC churches. If I understand his point correctly, he is arguing that that these pastors are [...]

25 June by Matt Svoboda

It’s Official: Caner will no longer be Dean at LBTS

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Here is Liberty Universities official statement: After a thorough and exhaustive review of Dr. Ergun Caner’s public statements, a committee consisting of four members of Liberty University’s Board of Trustees has concluded that Dr. Caner has made factual statements that are self-contradictory. However, the committee found no evidence to suggest that Dr. Caner was not [...]

23 June by Matt Svoboda

Why Les Puryear is Wrong about Calvinistic Southern Baptists

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Les Puryear has been an active voice in the SBC Blogosphere for a long time…  He and I have agreed and disagreed on a variety of issues.  I respect him, am thankful for him, and I appreciate his voice in the SBC.  There has not been a time when he has treated me disrecpectfully when [...]

15 June by Matt Svoboda

GCRTF Report: Passes with Overwhelming Majority!

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10 June by Matt Svoboda

Will Southern Baptists Face the Future? Or Flinch?

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One of the Southern Baptist Conventions strongest leaders and a member of the GCRTF, Albert Mohler asks an important question… Will Southern Baptists Face The Future, Or Will We Flinch? A great sense of historical importance looms as the 2010 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention fast approaches. The messengers to the SBC meeting in [...]

5 June by Matt Svoboda

B21 Interviews Presidential Candidate: Leo Endel

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SBC Voices is putting up an important article on Leo Endel on Monday so I thought this would be a good primer in order to get people more familiar with Leo… This is a Baptist 21 post with a few comments of my own and I am italicized some things that stood out to me. [...]

30 May by Matt Svoboda

The Great Commission: Jesus is Lord!

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I don’t know about you, but when I woke up this morning I thought, “Man, I sure would love to see Bart Barber’s smiling face this morning.”  To my utter surprise he posted this video!  I just knew I wasn’t the only one that wanted to see Bart this morning so I thought I would [...]

29 May by Matt Svoboda

J.C. Ryle on the Fruits of strong Dogma

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Here is a great quote by J.C. Ryle that I found at Kevin DeYoung’s blog: J.C. Ryle: Mark what I say. If you want to do good in these times, you must throw aside indecision, and take up a distinct, sharply-cut, doctrinal religion. If you believe little, those to who you try to do good will believe [...]