We will act on resolutions today in distinction to previous years. The full report is out and available online.. There are 10 resolutions. Resolution 1: on Baptist unity and our public witness. Resolution 2: On the sufficiency of Scripture for race and racial reconciliation (This loosely addresses the CRT issue, though not directly.) Resolution 3: […]
Matt Henslee WINS!! Pastors Conference Nominations – LIVE Updates
The first nomination was a surprise – Austin Adams from Chicago. Vance Pitman is now nominating Matt Carter. Kyle Walker is nominating Jamar Andrews. Bruce Chester is nominating Greg Davidson from Vacaville California. Josh Reavis is nominating Matt Henslee. NOTE: We were told that ONLY senior pastors should vote. Sorry, women! Also, we are told […]
The EC Is Reminding Us Why Change Is Needed
As is normal, the Executive Committee is meeting today and they seem engaged in the task of reminding us just how badly change is needed there. Ronnie Floyd has been regaling them with how wonderful “we are” and they have been taking actions that say the opposite. Jared Wellman brought a motion to expand the […]
SBC Voices Dinner tonight at Jack’s BBQ
It is getting harder to schedule a get-together for the SBC Voices family at the convention. We will be gathering at Jack’s BBQ on Broadway, a brief walk from the convention center. We will seek to reserve some tables and have room when the IMB sending service dismisses. (5:30 to 6:00 pm). YOU are invited. […]
Contributors: Convention Chaos Rules Apply
Normally, we try to space our articles by at least 5 hours or so, to give each article a fair chance to get read. Sometimes a post goes up accidentally or there is breaking news and we jump in. About 361 days a year we strive for order in the publication of posts. When the […]
When Owen Strachan Was Woke – WE Didn’t Change, THEY Did
The meme among those who find the pursuit of justice – active opposition to racism, dealing with abuse, etc – to be contrary to gospel Christianity is that it is new, an innovation that departs from the settled faith of our fathers. They repeat constantly that we (woke Christians, etc) are seeking to bring back […]
Why Can’t We Just Fire Ronnie Floyd?
A friend asked me this question on Facebook messenger. Why can’t we just make a motion and hold a vote to fire Ronnie Floyd from the Executive Committee? His leadership during these troubling times has been anything but unifying and inspirational. While conflagrations in the SBC have been igniting all around us, he has sent […]
The Racially Insensitive Comments about Trillia Newbell were Made by…
Yesterday, a letter from Dr. Russell Moore to the trustees of the ERLC was leaked. In it, he explains his reasons for leaving the ERLC (and now, the SBC). He realized that his enemies at the Executive Committee were seeking to make him live in “psychological terror” and he was not willing to do that […]
Binary Polarization Syndrome
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 […]
At the Risk of Saying “We Told You So…”
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 […]
A Plea to the 2021 Resolutions Committee
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 […]
The SBC and Itching Ears
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 […]