Guest Blogger

(Editor:  I often browse the blogs of people who comment here at SBC Voices.  I browsed Tom's blog -  The View from Osprey - yesterday and came to one conclusion - he doesn't write often enough.  He has a brilliant post which I got permission to copy here.  Thought you might enjoy it.) Do you ever feel like you don’t fit in among any of the evangelical groups? I’m not a Calvinist, but I am uncomfortable at my fellow non-Cals painting Calvinists as the evil spawn of a new fascism with a desire to take over the SBC. I am not a Calvinist, but Al Mohler’s idea that Reformed theology … [Read more...] about Not Sure Where I Fit In…(by Tom Bryant)

Editor:  I've been there.  How about you?  Brian Croft is Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.  Someone sent me a link to this article and I thought it was wonderful.  Very helpful.  Brian's Blog "Practical Shepherding" is well worth reading contantly, pastors. I’ll let you know.  In other words…I’m there.  I’m not discouraged, depressed, or dulled in my affections for Christ and His Word. My love for this calling and the task to shepherd God’s people has not waned at all, it only grows.   I have very little to be discouraged about and so much to be thankful … [Read more...] about How Does a Pastor Recover from Mental and Emotional Exhaustion? (by Brian Croft)

I appreciate Dave Miller giving me the opportunity to weigh in on this topic for SBC Voices. This post is intended as a response to Dave’s interesting post “Be It Resolved: Resolutions Are a Waste of Time! Or Are they?” Dave concludes: At the current time, here’s my stance.  I see a little value in the resolution process, but not much.  It is prone to silliness and to being co-opted by issue-obsessed individuals who waste all our time while they ride their hobby-horses.  I guess at this point I do not see the benefits outweighing the risks. Though I’m sympathetic to some of his concerns, I … [Read more...] about RESOLVED: THE CASE FOR RESOLUTIONS By Nathan Finn

(Editor's Note:  Thank you, Alberta, for sharing this with us.  Alberta's blog is "A Pastor's Wife's Journey" and here website is  "So You're the Minister's Wife.") Thanksgiving is the act of giving thanks to a person or to God. It should be a genuine expression and acknowledgement of what has been done for us. Ephesians 5:20 admonishes us: “Always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.” There are so many things to be thankful for. First of all, we should give thanks to God for the new life we have in Him because He gave us the gift … [Read more...] about Giving Thanks – by Alberta Fisher

Here are some excerpts from a post by Pastor Joe Thorn.  It is a great post and I hope you to head over to his blog to read the rest! For years I was a serious procrastinator. In fact, I think I could have gone pro (if that sort of thing paid). So I did what a lot of college students do, putting off assignments until the last minute. But I would justify myself by calling it “time management” and pointing to a solid grade. Of course this was not limited to writing papers in college. It was something that was true of my life in general. On a few occasions and in a couple different contexts I … [Read more...] about Joe Thorn on Procrastination

This entire post is from James White: This was just reported by the News and Advance out of Lynchburg: Liberty University announced today that Ergun Caner will no longer be dean of the university’s Baptist Theological Seminary. After an investigation conducted by four members of Liberty’s Board of Trustees, the university said it found that Caner has made “factual statements that are self-contradictory” concerning “dates, names and places of residence.“ The statements included his description of being raised as a Muslim in Turkey, when documents indicate he moved to the United States at … [Read more...] about Unofficial Report: Caner no longer dean of LBTS as of June 30

When we gather next week in Orlando for the annual Convention of Southern Baptists, I will be enthusiastically voting to elect Dr. Ted Traylor as the new President of our great convention. I believe he is the best servant to lead our denomination during this critical time. I have had the great honor of knowing this man for most of my life. I have found him to be a man of tremendous courage, conviction, and consistency. In the past years Dr. Traylor has led his church into a new outreach called The Ministry Village.  This endeavor has led his church to live out the commands of Scripture to … [Read more...] about A Cry From The Little Church

This is part of a post by J.D. Greear. The entire post can be found here. I want to address those of you who, like me, have a Baptist past but have often found yourself wondering, regarding the Southern Baptist Convention, “What is the point? Aren’t denominations a thing of the past?” I want to try and persuade you that this movement, the Great Commission Resurgence, is something of God, is valuable for the Kingdom, and worth the investment of your time. I do so simply as a pastor of a young Southern Baptist church, not as an official spokesperson of the Great Commission Resurgence Task … [Read more...] about A Word to Young Southern Baptist Pastors