Dave Miller

On some issues, there are only two choices. We are either male or female and the whole "non-binary" gender movement may be the most ridiculous thing in history.  I had four children and back then the gender-reveal party was simple. My wife gave birth. I looked at the new baby and revealed to my wife what we had.  I was never confused. Gender dysphoria is a real thing, but God made us male and female. My dad used to say there are two kinds of people - the saints and the aints. People often try to add categories of Christians, but there are the redeemed and the lost and there are no … [Read more...] about Binary Polarization Syndrome

When the Conservative Baptist Network formed, it was widely known that at the center of its formation was the powerful hand of Dr. Paige Patterson, the recently dismissed president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was present at Mid-American Seminary at the meeting where the CBN was formed. The introductory videos were filmed in his study. All the key leaders were "Pattersonian" - it had his handprints all over it. Yet, representatives of the CBN scoffed, tap-danced, and fell just short of outright denials of Patterson's involvement. When we made statements here that this was … [Read more...] about At the Risk of Saying “We Told You So…”

I just spent nearly 2 weeks in Senegal with a member of this year's Resolutions Committee. We had adjoining rooms at a beachfront hotel for the Casamance men's conference, shared every meal, and spent a lot of time talking during that week. You'd think I would have some inside information on what the committee had planned. Alas, Bart Barber was closed-lipped and I gleaned no deep insights. I am toying with writing a resolution extolling the virtues and blessings of coffee just to aggravate Dr. Barber who virtue-signals constantly against those who drink the nectar of heaven. The apocryphal … [Read more...] about A Plea to the 2021 Resolutions Committee

We love 2 Timothy 4:3-4 because it is a biblical prophecy we have seen come to fruition in our day and one that allows us to point our fingers at "them" - those outside our circles who have abandoned truth to embrace the spirit of the age.  For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear. They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths. We immediately think (and point fingers at) the Joel Osteens and other positive … [Read more...] about The SBC and Itching Ears

Last year in March I was headed for my tenth trip to the Casamance region of Senegal when this little virus started popping up. I tried to go back again in March and there was political unrest that stopped the trip (we were leaving Monday and the plug was pulled on Sunday afternoon). I plan to leave on Tuesday morning to head to Senegal (finally!) and assess what has been happening in the Essing region, a UUPG we have been trying to turn into a UPG. I will meet up with a co-laborer from Texas who works with the adjoining villages. We would appreciate your prayers. I will be gone, Lord … [Read more...] about Senegal Bound!

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I have to say this at the very beginning of a post like this. I am an inerrantist and about as conservative as a person can be. In my church, the primary offices are reserved for men. I am not sure of the terminology but I believe the Bible teaches a complementarian relationship between men and women. Equal at the cross and in value to God, we have different roles and responsibilities at home. I am comfortable with the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 statement on the doctrine. I am sick and tired of complementarianism, paternalism, egalitarianism, and such matters dominating the discussion … [Read more...] about Is Anyone Else Tired of Complementarian Food Fights?

NOTE: we are nearing 300 comments and the food fight has gotten ridiculous. It has been days since anyone has come CLOSE to commenting on what I wrote so I am exercising author's prerogative to shut this food fight down. Please do not take it to another comment stream and force me to shut THAT down.    I realize that many people are not involved in social media conflagrations, but one is taking place in the SBC world that cannot be ignored. NOW is the time to lead. It would be great if our entity leaders and others would step up and take leadership in this time, but history … [Read more...] about NOW Is the Time to Lead! (Food Fight comment section CLOSED)

As a convinctional complementarian, how should it make me feel that a woman, albeit a scholar and professor at SWBTS, made a point that taught me, challenged me, and convicted me. Katie McCoy (er...Dr. McCoy) made a simple point that I found insightful. The angry Twitter bros make a LOT of 1 Timothy 2 and its injunction against women teaching men. I know there are competing interpretations and applications of that verse, and I am not here to argue those. I happen to agree that authoritative proclamation in pulpits should be a male role in churches, though I recognize that people who love Jesus … [Read more...] about A Powerful Point from Katie McCoy

You probably haven't heard, because they've pretty much kept it out of the news, but there was a little interview given by a couple of formal British Royals named Harry and Meghan that created a bit of a stir across the pond. I am not an expert in the royal family and cannot speak to the truthfulness of what Ms. Markle and her husband said about them. Last night, I was involved in the last-minute cancellation of a trip to Senegal and did not watch the interview, but today I saw a clip that struck me deeply. Meghan shared how deeply depressed she was after the intense coverage by the British … [Read more...] about British Royals, Protecting Institutions, and the SBC