Dave Miller

One of our regular contributors through the years, Chris Roberts, has an extensive Logos library for sale. Here is his note. If you are interested, contact him. ******************* For various reasons, personal and otherwise, I’m selling my Logos Bible Software library for $2000. Logos has been a huge asset for me over the years. I first purchased it while going through seminary at Beeson Divinity School and I’ve been building it up ever since. It currently contains 3979 resources (which includes 1743 items from the Perseus library) and uses the Logos 5 engine. My most recent package … [Read more...] about For Sale: A Logos Library

Trevin Wax wrote an article the other day called, “Five Observations about Younger Southern Baptists.” It was an excellent article examining the tendencies of Southern Baptists who are younger than me - pretty much everyone these days. If you haven't read the post, please do. Great insights. However, I was thinking of some other observations I've made about younger Southern Baptists that go beyond what Trevin enumerated. Trevin is a nice guy and his observations were mostly positive. But I've got a few more observations I'd like to share, not being the kind of nice person like Mr. … [Read more...] about Five More Observations about Younger Southern Baptists: A Response to Trevin Wax

One of the blessings of social media is the freedom to insert oneself into a discussion between two others, even without an invitation. Dr. Eric Hankins recently wrote a series of four articles published here in response to an article by Dr. Nathan Finn that appeared in the NOBTS "Journal for  Baptist Theology and Ministry" (Volume 10, Number 1). For the most part, I stay out of discussions of Calvinism-related topics because I've not seen them to be highly productive. And, again, neither party has asked me to weigh in. But I wish to respond to Dr. Hankins' fourth post. Frank Page's … [Read more...] about The Root of the Problem: An Antinomist’s Response to Dr. Eric Hankins

Yeah, I know. Corny. Remember, I am an Iowan. We don't have good weather. We don't have oceans or mountains or any major sports teams. So, we make puns. I thought that one was pretty good, regardless of the grief I took from it when I tweeted it yesterday. Before I say anything else about this mess, let me say this - Donald Sterling is a racist pig who deserved everything he got. Adam Silver gave him the bionic elbow and I cheered. Would that every scandal was handled with the firm justice Adam Silver meted out. And there is no point in trying to put Sterling's racism in any kind of … [Read more...] about Mining for Gold in the Sterling-Silver Confrontation

Not sure how, but this video, posted over a year ago, has gotten 300 views today. It's still great. Enjoy. This is SM Lockridge's  (not Tony Campolo) great message on the Cross and Easter. One of our regular contributors suggested that we have an open forum where we could share thoughts/ideas/reflections on Good Friday and Easter. Excellent idea. Rather than adding another post, let's just open the comments on this post for any thoughts you have about the Cross and the Resurrection. … [Read more...] about It’s Friday, But Sunday’s Coming (and Passion Week Open Forum)

I read an article today by Matt Boswell from Redemption Church, called, "10 Things Pastors Hate to Admit Publicly." I had two distinctive reactions when I read the post. Wow! How did he get inside my head? No Way! It shouldn't be this way when you are privileged to serve Jesus Christ as a leader of the church. Is this kind of insecurity, frustration, anger and even dismay a necessary part of ministry? Boswell makes 10 points. I'm not going to copy the entire post here - not sure what the ethics of that are, but it annoys me when I see articles from Voices copied in toto on other … [Read more...] about Pastors and Discontent: Should It Really Be Like This?

Recently, I was reading through some of my old posts here, especially those right after I assumed the official position of Chief Mugwump of SBC Voices on September 13, 2010 (my birthday!). My philosophy and commenting policies have gone through quite a bit of (shield your ears) evolution over that time. I've never completely figured out how to corral this herd and have sometimes let things go too far and have perhaps at times come down too quickly and too harshly. In my defense, I'd only suggest you try this job (you can have my salary too) for a week and see how you handle it. I was very … [Read more...] about A Word about SBC Voices: Why Did You Post That? Why Do You Let HIM Comment?

The NCAA Bracket Challenge has come and gone for another year. This year's winner is Karl Mealor. Ben Stratton made a strong run through the "Trail of Blood" in the Final Four, but Karl would not be denied. He picked three of the four Final Four teams correctly. However, he did not see the Connecticut train a-coming, picking Virginia instead. He picked Wisconsin over Kentucky (and barring a ridiculously evil, wicked and horrifying 3, he'd have been correct) and he picked the Gators to win out. In spite of picking both Final Four games wrong, he had a big enough lead by landing 3 of the Final … [Read more...] about SBC Voices NCAA Tourney Challenge: Congrats to Karl Mealor

The social media world was afire this week with questions about Liberty University's "partnership" with faith-healing huckster Benny Hinn. When I first saw the reports, I was slain in the Spirit with shock, and I think I heard ol' Jerry spinning barrel rolls in his grave. Of course, some of the more angry "discernment" ministries jumped on this and heaped condemnation on Liberty University. A once-biblical ministry had partnered with one of modern American Christianity's most shameful charlatans - one more piece of evidence of the spiritual decline in our land. There was a legitimate … [Read more...] about Liberty and Benny Hinn – The Dangers of Uninformed Anger

Note: I published this article back in July of 2013, not long after the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Houston. I am editing this post slightly, mostly in the last section, "Solutions" by adding a few of my more recent thoughts.  At the most peaceful and drama-free SBC in recent memory, there was one bit of news that had things stirred up - a fresh set of evidence that the SBC's statistical decline was not just a blip. It is a real problem. We are a shrinking denomination. One seminary professor has described it as a "free-fall." While that may be hyperbole, it is not wholly … [Read more...] about The Bleak Future of the SBC?