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I found myself frustrated and disappointed as I read through my Twitter feed Sunday night.  As I scrolled through, I saw high profile SBC leaders taking swipes at one another over social media.  Some of the swipes were quite direct.  Some of them were a bit more passive aggressive.  None of it edified the church or glorified the Lord Jesus Christ. I recognize the irony inherent in a blog post "calling out" others for their attacks on one another over social media.  But I think this needs to be said, even if those I witnessed attacking one another never read this post.  The reality is that … [Read more...] about James 3 and Social Media Feuding

I’ve had this article rolling around in my head for several months now.  I wanted to write it months ago, but I didn’t want to sound as if I was suggesting that someone should run against Steve Gaines for SBC President this year.  My goal was to get it up in the small window of time between this year’s election and the time that people begin to talk about next year’s election.  But it seems that SBC presidential politics are a bit like national presidential politics.  The talk of “who’s next?” begins immediately after the current year’s election is over. Of course, the unusual circumstances … [Read more...] about SBC Presidential Politics: Let Them Run

Several years ago I sat in an associational meeting where a trio of pastors sang "In Christ Alone."  It's a wonderful hymn, and I was excited to hear it sung in our meeting.  That is until they got to the end of the second verse where the song—as written by Stuart Townend and Keith Getty—says, "'Till on that cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied."  I knew the song and was familiar with the lyrics.  So you can imagine my shock when instead these three pastors sang, "Till on that cross as Jesus died, the love of God was magnified."  Of course there is nothing wrong with saying that … [Read more...] about Another Reminder of the Necessity of the Conservative Resurgence

A lot could be said about the effects of social media on the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.  But my purpose here is to focus on one particular dynamic that I find interesting.  I'm interested to know your thoughts concerning how social media has affected our meetings in this way. Our convention meetings over the last two years have both included contested votes.  In 2016 it was the presidential election.  We started with three candidates.  No candidate received a majority of the vote.  One candidate was thus eliminated and the top two vote getters went head to head. … [Read more...] about Social Media and our SBC Annual Meeting

This has been an interesting convention. Yesterday's events during the Resolutions Committee's report were a black eye on the Southern Baptist Convention. The resolution that the committee brought out today was an attempt to make things right. The resolution passed with very little opposition (maybe 3 or 4 voting no).  Praise God for that.  I will hopefully have some further reflections later, but wanted to give a brief update here. … [Read more...] about Resolution Condemning Alt-Right Racism Passes Overwhelmingly

You've read about the Resolutions Committtee's decision not to bring a resolution on the alt-right and white supremacy to the floor.  You've read about a messenger's attempts to bring the resolution out of committee.  You've read about some of the ensuing conflict.  And you've read about the announcement last night that a resolution was being crafted on this issue.  The full text of the proposed resolution is printed below.  The resolution is scheduled to be voted on at 2:45pm today. WHEREAS, Scripture teaches, “From one man [God] has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and … [Read more...] about PROPOSED RESOLUTION #10 ON THE ANTI-GOSPEL OF ALT-RIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY