So, you come here to fight about Russell Moore, Beth Moore, or Dudley Moore? This is not the post for you. Want to argue about empathy, sympathy, or symphony? Move along, nothing to see here. But if you’re up for some pointless diversion, it’s March Madness time again. We are at ESPN with this […]
BREAKING USEFUL INFO: Lifeway Generosity
No, I’m not just praising Lifeway as being generous. Rather, this information from Lifeway’s Lifeway Generosity unit about free setups for online giving as a COVID-19 response and help for the church. Follow the tweet to get the info. Multiple threads in this tweet. Pastors & Churches trying to figure out online giving…@LifeWay […]
Quick Thoughts on the Yarnell Autonomy Thread
Before you interact with this post, please make sure you have read Dr. Yarnell’s post. It’s right here: Malcolm Yarnell Thread on Autonomy and Discipline Have you read it? Good. Now we can carry on. I promised you a post that you could comment on, so here it is. Before you get to the comments, here […]
Matt Henslee for Pastor’s Conference President
Bart Barber announced on Twitter this morning that he intends to nominate Matt Henslee, Pastor of Mayhill Baptist Church in Mayhill, New Mexico, for President of the SBC Pastor’s Conference in 2021. As pastor, he has encouraged his church to give sacrificially to the cooperative efforts of Southern Baptists to carry the Gospel to the […]
SBC Voices NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge 2019
Well, nothing brings productivity to halt like March Madness. Unless you’re a Hog fan, but I digress. For those who are interested, we are doing our annual bracket challenge through ESPN. Here’s the information: This message is from John Hibbard who is challenging you to play Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com. Get in on the […]
Maybe it’s not about the calling
I’m sitting here in my study contemplating life in the ministry. First of all, I should qualify that statement: by “in the ministry,” I mean the vocational work of being employed by a church for what we call “ministry.” I know that we are all supposed to be ministers, or servants, of one another and […]
An Uneven Banquet
While trying to wrestle with a friend’s question about pastoral ministry, I began thinking along the lines of this illustration. I share it here because it might be useful to you. If it’s not, then feel free to have the same old argument about everything in the comments. Here’s some words to help you with […]
The Post-Convention Hangover
Well, we all kicked around writing reflections on the SBC’s 2018 Annual Meeting (#sbc18 #sbcam18 #southernbaptistconventionalannualmeetingannodominitwothousandeighteen), but that horse has been ridden, ridden to death, revived, ridden again, and then shot. I appreciate everyone’s look back and what they found as highlights and lowlights. I do wish we could be a bit more gracious in […]
What is next? Some ponderings for the SBC as we move forward
Well, in case you missed it, there has been a rather massive shift in the Southern Baptist Convention. I’ll not rehash the waters gone by about the events at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. There’s about four million blog posts, tweets, and Facebook streams about it (give or take a few million). Something I’ve been trying […]
From the Voice that Matters Most: Ephesians 5:1-5
We share our opinions and insights at SBC Voices, but we believe that the Voice that matters most is the one that comes from God’s Word. We present these daily expositional devotions, beginning with a tour of Ephesians called, “Walk Worthy,” in hopes of encouraging our readers to remember to Voice above every voice. Passage: […]
From the Voice that Matters Most: Ephesians 4:7-10
Passage: Ephesians 4:7-10 Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 For it says: When he ascended on high, he took the captives captive; he gave gifts to people. 9 But what does “he ascended” mean except that he[c] also descended to the lower parts of the earth? 10 The one who descended […]
Ephesians 3:5-7 “Gentiles in the Body”
One of the quirks of this effort to highlight the “Voice that Matters Most” here on SBCVoices is that we divided the text based on the CSB translation. The goal was to provide some standardization and for you readers to be able to open a Bible and track with us. Some of the (other) writers […]