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Holiday Preaching – Something I’m Losing Interest In

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I am finding that I am preaching fewer and fewer "holiday" sermons as the years wear on. I will preach a few Christmas-themed messages in December (it's foundational to the gospel story of Good Friday and Easter). I preach on Good Friday and Easter on the appropriate themes (which are pretty common for me the rest of the year as well). The Sunday before Turkey Day is likely to be Thanksgiving themed. But that is about it for me now. Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving. The rest of the year I tend to give a brief homage to the particular holiday and then move on to whatever expositional series I … [Read more...] about Holiday Preaching – Something I’m Losing Interest In

On Bart Barber’s “A Postlude to Hobby Lobby” (at Canon and Culture)

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The ERLC's blog "Canon and Culture" carried an article today by Bart Barber, whose articles appear here (when Dr. Moore doesn't steal his affections and efforts!). I hope my angst doesn't come across as bitterness or anything. Seriously, Bart wrote an excellent article, entitled "A Postlude to Hobby Lobby" which you are strongly encouraged to read. If the SBC had a Supreme Court, Bart would likely be a candidate for the next opening!  He seems to have a grasp on religious liberty issues that rivals his theological grasp displayed here. He gives both an academic analysis of the case and a … [Read more...] about On Bart Barber’s “A Postlude to Hobby Lobby” (at Canon and Culture)

A Tough Question for Biblical Baptists

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As I read the discussion on Bart's post yesterday my mind went back to a story I heard a Baptist leader tell not too long ago. I wanted to pose this tough question for our discussion. We ought to form our theology based on biblical teachings, not on difficult quandaries such as this, but it is still interesting to ponder what we might do in particular circumstance. For the sake of this article, we need not argue the basics of biblical baptism. Apologies to our Presby friend Les who hangs out here, but the readers of Voices are pretty much exclusively people who are convinced that biblical … [Read more...] about A Tough Question for Biblical Baptists

The Internet and the Ethics of Borrowed Sermons

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I was listening to a message not long ago and was amazed at the quality of the organized outline and presentation. It was way better than anything I'd heard the man preach before. I had a small suspicion growing in my mind. So, I wrote down a few key phrases from the outline and later entered them in the magic machine called Google. Lo and behold, the original author of the message was a man named Criswell - I think there is a college somewhere named after him. Basically, he read the sermon word for word.  It was not a case of using someone else's outline and "making it his own." Nope. It was … [Read more...] about The Internet and the Ethics of Borrowed Sermons

Afternoon Session

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Here are some of the big events coming up. 2nd VP Elections - done Nomination Committee report ~2:43 This is usually perfunctory but a nomination challenge may take place. Those almost always fail but it would be the first contentious moment. We'll know soon. NAMB Report.  The Q&A session can go unplanned places. Committee on order of business ~4:03. We will find the disposition of various motions. New Motions (if any) ~4:17 Resolution Committee report -~4:27                 … [Read more...] about Afternoon Session