Todd Littleton blogs at “The Edge of the Inside.” There is much to consider here and much to discuss. The Ring of Fire just gave us a tectonic shift punishing Japan with a devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake. Tsunami waves washed over acres of land, destroying property and killing people. There will no doubt be someone […]
Dropping Like a Rock: The Cooperative Program (by William Thornton)
Editor: William Thornton is the SBC Plodder and a keen observer of SBC life. This is a repost from his site It follows up on the discussion of the previous article he posted here, “SBC Presidents and the Cooperative Program.” A 2007 survey yielded the unlikely statistic that 87% of SBC pastors were “generally satisfied” with the Cooperative […]
Lessons from the Animal Kingdom by Wm. Dwight McKissic, Sr
Editor: Dr. McKissic is well-known and respected among Southern Baptists. This article was written in response to issues raised here at SBC Voices and on other blogs. I offered this respected brother in Christ the chance to state his views related to this recent debate. The largest animal the Jews knew in biblical times was […]
Evangelism. Storying. Gospel. Sex-Offenders. (by Ricky Kirk)
Editor: Ricky Kirk, a pastor from Ohio, blogs at Panta ta Ethne, where this post recently appeared. Thanks for sharing this with us. Our church as recently been studying/exploring evangelism as we prepare for an upcoming revival and Easter weekend. I am modifying material from several sources and approaching evangelism as something more than the […]
SBC presidents and the Cooperative Program (by William Thornton)
Editor: William Thornton is the SBC Plodder and a keen observer of SBC life. This is a repost from his site. What shall we say about SBC leadership and their support, or lack thereof, for our grand Cooperative Program? Here is a summary of the past SBC presidents and their Cooperative Program support over the […]
Paige Patterson And Al Mohler “Why Calvinism Should NOT Divide the SBC”
Should Non-Calvinists or Calvinists allow Calvinism to divide the SBC? Some thoughts by two of largest voices in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Christ Jesus: An Advocate Who is Always Ready to Defend the Believer (from John Bunyan)
(Dr. Roger D. Duke is our guest blogger today. The author, though, is the great John Bunyan. Dr. Duke is cowriter with Phil Newton. Venturing all on God: Piety in the Writings of John Bunyan. This volume is one of in the Profiles in Reformed Spirituality series of Reformation Heritage Press and is slated for publication […]
Heretics and the SBC Blogosphere (by Todd Littleton)
(Editor’s Note: Todd Littleton was one of the prominent early Baptist bloggers. Like most of the pioneers, he has mostly laid down his keyboard for other pursuits. But he has an interesting perspective to share on the TD Jakes/Jamar Jones conflict that went on last week – to which I contributed. Our desire here is […]
Accepting the Hard Things (by Caison Jones)
(Caison Jones is a contributor at Apologia Appalachia: Theology from Them There Hills. I thought this article would be a blessing to the readers. Another one of their writers was the author of the post yesterdaty about the convention name-change. There is some quality writing being done at their group blog site!) “The trouble is […]
(Fill in the Blank) Baptist Convention (by Matt McGlamery)
(Editor’s Note: Matt McGlamery is a contributor at Apologia Appalachia. I’ll confess, I’d never seen that blog until I asked for posts and contributors. They are posting some top notch stuff at that blog. Check it out. We have another guest post from one of their contributors that will be up in a day or […]
Holy Kitsch! (by Jim Collins)
(One of the things I’m learning is that there are a lot of really good bloggers out there. Jim Collins blogs at “Viewed Skewed” and has a great perspective on things. Here’s one of his recent posts.) I have not forgotten the Reformation adage of showing unity in the essentials, liberty in non-essentials, and charity […]
What the World Needs to See (by Bob Cleveland)
(Bob is a frequent commenter on this blog, and always has a wise perspective to share. This is a repost from his blog “Eagles Rest.” Enjoy) While all the multitasking bloggers were typing the live blogs at the ID Conference in Jackson, I was making notes of ideas. Dad always said to use all the […]