Word came across social media this morning that Dr. Page is retiring. No details have yet come down as to when it will be official. I love this man. He has been a peacemaker and truly embodied the role he carved out for himself, “Chief Encouragement Officer.” I first met him the day he was […]
Guidelines for SBC Presidential Campaigning – Starting the Discussion
Is it okay for a candidate for president of the SBC to campaign for office? If so, what is allowed and what is not? Let’s agree to something from the outset. We are Baptists, so autonomy is going to make it impossible to set universal rules. Each candidate, each entity, each entity head is going […]
Dr. David L. Allen’s “The Current SBC Calvinism Debate” – An Interaction
I hate hidden agendas – they are unworthy of God’s people. Paul said, in 2 Corinthians 4:2 that he renounced secret and shameful ways. So, I want to come clean here and tell you exactly what I am doing. In the book, “Anyone Can Be Saved: A Defense of ‘Traditional’ Southern Baptist Soteriology” edited by […]
Interacting with “Anyone Can Be Saved,” by David L Allen, Eric Hankins, and Adam Harwood (Part 1)
I was feeling small the other day, reading an exchange about brilliant scholars who read 5 or 10 books a week. None of them was me! I’m so far behind on my reading that it is a source of constant guilt. In May of 2013, my friend Mike Leake gave me a copy of his […]
An Open Letter to the World: Robert Jeffress Does NOT Speak for ME!
I was a vocal NeverTrumper during the days leading up to the 2016 election. Since then, I have not spoken much about political issues, for several reasons. First of all, I am burned out on politics. Second, politics has become so divisive in churches and in the SBC that I have not felt that raising […]
The IMB’s Biggest Problem
We have published articles by missionaries, former missionaries, retired missionaries, missions professors, and other personnel with far more expertise than I have in international missions. They have discussed strategies and philosophies and missions approaches – interesting discussions. It is evident that there is discouragement, frustration, and confusion in our missionary force – as well as passion […]
Brad Jurkovich Interviews SBC Presidential Candidate J.D. Greear
There was a Facebook Live interview today, hosted by Pastor Brad Jurkovich at FBC, Bossier City, LA, which explored the candidacy of J.D. Greear. It is a great interview. Topics such as Greear’s agenda, Calvinism, politics and the ERLC, and many other things were covered. The interview in it’s entirety can be found in both […]
I’ve Had Enough: I Am Leaving (the Country)
At 2:30 AM on Friday I will begin a trek to Dioher, Senegal for what I believe is my sixth time since I first traveled there with Bart Barber. God is doing a great work in the Bayot villages that Bart’s church labors in and I am hoping that some of that will spill over […]
BREAKING NEWS: David Platt Has Asked the IMB to Seek a New President
My original post said “Platt resigned.” The IMB released claims he has not resigned but simply asked the IMB to begin a search for a new president. I think that is a distinction without a difference. But there are people who get hyper-picky and easily offended about stuff like this, so I am changing this. […]
Can We Not Aim Higher? Charting a Course toward Dallas
I will admit two things at the very start of this post. I am not neutral in the presidential race for the SBC. I hope JD Greear is the next president of the SBC. I have never met Dr. Hemphill. He came to SWBTS after I graduated and I’d not heard much from him […]
Good – 41, Evil – 33
Discuss amongst Yourselves: Should Opposing Brady, Belichick, and the NE Commies Be a Tenet of the BF&M?
My heart says yes. But does the sin of cheering for NE rise to the level of denominational exclusion? Tough issue. What say you?