Observations: If you are going to the mike, write your motion out. State your motion. This is not the time to speak to the motion. Go to the mike realizing your motion will get referred and likely be rejected. Reality. No guarantee I got all of it. 1. Philip Bethancourt Requested entities provide a progress […]
Rumors of the Demise of the SBC May Have Been Exaggerated
I had trouble finding a seat, and I got here a little after 8:30. Registration is at about 7000 right now-in a non-election year. Anecdotally, from my observation, the crowd seems younger and more diverse. Right now there is enthusiasm in the room. Obviously, there are landmines out there. We punted the sex […]
ERLC: Sexual Abuse and the SBC Conference
Philip Bethancourt moderating. Panelists: Russell Moore, Beth Moore, Susan Cadony?, J.D. Greear, Rachael Denhollander. They are talking faster than I can type. These are NOT quotes. I will be constantly updating this. Rachael – 1. Survivor community loves the church and finds hope in the gospel. 2. Unity that comes from silence and doesn’t confront […]
David Platt’s Pastors’ Conference Message
SBC Voices Dinner…at “The Southern” at 4:30
Or 5…or 5:30…or…you might want to check if you are coming that late.
JD Greear’s Presidential Report
Gave a very affirming report, hopeful that the EC would deal well with the issue of sexual abuse. Encouraged unity and assuming the best of one another. Summary highlights: How we respond to this crisis will shape the perception of Southern Baptists for years or generations to come. Baptist pastors are horrified to learn what […]
Ronnie Floyd’s First EC Report
After a long walk all over this convention center we found the site of the EC meeting at the moment Ronnie Floyd began his address. He said his report would be brief. It was. He is moving to Nashville and has sold his home in Arkansas. I ran into Dr. Floyd yesterday and he enthusiastically […]
If You Criticized (Or Supported) David Platt…
Watch his PC message! He is preaching blessed are the meek and used his experience of the last week as a model. He explained his reasons for praying for Trump and then made an equally strong case for why he might not have done it. He modelled meekness and humility and spoke of how pastors […]
Carpe Diem…The Plan for Today
Headed over to hear David Platt at the PC, then several of us are going to the EC meeting, hoping not to get blocked by executive sessions. Lunch and more PC time will lead to our dinner at “The Southern” which begins at 4:30 and ends when we stop talking. I sat through all 3 […]
Ed Litton’s Powerful Pastors’ Conference Message
My first Pastors’ Conference was in 1979, the year the Conservative Resurgence started. Electricity filled the air as man after man stood up, preached the word, upheld the perfection of that word, and planted the seed from which the CR grew. Tonight, I heard a sermon that could walk tall among the best PC messages […]
SBC Voices Dinner Monday – 4:30 PM at “The Southern”
It was foreordained. Last night, Jenni and I walked the convention area with Scott Gordon and his often poorly behaved wife Rhonda checking for a place we could invite you to gather with us. We like to have an SBC Voices get together each year. In the end, the decision was made for us. We […]
Blessed by a Song by a Group I Disdain
Visiting a church in a church in Birmingham (well, Fultondale) thinking through some issues I am going through in my church. After 14 years there I haven’t seen the progress I’d like to see. I get discouraged, angry down, frustrated. Sometimes it feels every day is a Monday. I sat…well, stood…in church and the praise […]