When a ball game becomes a blowout in the first half, the conversation shifts to more punditry than play-by-play. So, I thought I would share a few things I've learned about SBC blogs from this contest. What does blog madness tell us about SBC bloggers? We like books. Almost everyone played along for a mere $313 prize. We don't take ourselves too seriously. Most of the comments and stumping were good natured. We like competition and numbers. It's not that others like statistics less, but we are the denomination of the ACP, CP splits and LifeWay research. We like cooperation. Maybe … [Read more...] about 2009 Blog Madness: What does it all mean?
2009 SBC Voices BLOG MADNESS: Final
After 2 weeks of intense competition, the field is down to four. At stake is bragging rights and a $313 gift card to Westminster Books via email. This prize was donated by my children’s ministry website (check out my Vacation Bible School articles)and earned via the Westminster blog partners. Blog Madness ended Monday 6 April 2009 - scroll down to see final results or just read the "see who won" post. 2009 Blog Madness Final Four Internetmonk.com (Michael Spencer) Round 1 Votes: 633 Round 2 Votes: 593 Original Seeding: 1 Technorati Authority: 753 Church Matters (9Marks … [Read more...] about 2009 SBC Voices BLOG MADNESS: Final
We Use Gravatar
SBC Voices has integrated gravatars to help put a faces with a names. It's a free service that associates a picture with your email address. If you comment frequently, you should sign up. … [Read more...] about We Use Gravatar
Death By Nostalgia And The SBC
I've heard from several readers who are just discovering that iMonk is a long time (and current) Southern Baptist. Even more are surprised that he is making a solid run in our SBC blog contest. So, if you need just one more post to prove his credentials as an SBC blogger, I think he just published it. Avoiding Death by Nostalgia: My Denomination (The SBC) Today “Death by Nostalgia” is wishing the world was like it was in the 1970’s and we could just assume that we were right . . . We’ve become functionally unevangelistic in many places because our past methodologies- door to door … [Read more...] about Death By Nostalgia And The SBC
Kummer Is Untouchable
I've volunteered over at iMonk's cave for a blog dialogue called Evangelical Untouchables. The first response is up about explaining the Gospel. Please go read my response and add any criticism or appreciation you can muster. I won't be able to follow comments all the comments over there, so you might want to leave them on this post too. Our first question: “If you had only two paragraphs to express the Gospel to an audience of secular twenty-somethings who don’t go to church, what would you say? Then tell us how you are promoting it in your church. Since I had only two paragraphs, I just … [Read more...] about Kummer Is Untouchable
2009 SBC Voices BLOG MADNESS: Round #2
This round has closed - go vote in the 2009 final. The first round had all the drama I expected - but it's time to move on to round two. Below are the top four blogs from each division. Everyone who made it has a fresh start. The winner of each bracket will advance to the final four. If your blog is out, why not throw your social media muscle behind the next underdog story? East Division: SBC Blog Madness 2009 internetmonk.com Round One Votes: 633 Original Seeding: 1 Technorati Authority: 754 JDGreear.com Round One Votes: 389 Original Seeding: 6 Technorati Authority: … [Read more...] about 2009 SBC Voices BLOG MADNESS: Round #2
Did W. A. Criswell Preach Calvinism?
I don't know enough about him to know. But I found this video of a sermon he titled "The Bible Kind Of Salvation." He begins by saying it's actually a sermon on election, on the calling and choosing of God. … [Read more...] about Did W. A. Criswell Preach Calvinism?
Dr. Albert Mohler Lecture On John Calvin
Tim Challies just posted his notes from a talk by Dr. R. Albert Mohler. The topic was the legacy of John Calvin as a preacher & teacher. Follow this link to read it for yourself: Ligonier Conference - Al Mohler Calvin understood the majesty of preaching because he understood the majesty of God. Calvin’s mode of preaching was verse-by-verse, book-by-book so he would not selectively avoid things he did not wish to teach. In this way God’s people receive all that they need and not just what the preacher determines the people need. The preacher is neither to add nor subtract from Scripture. … [Read more...] about Dr. Albert Mohler Lecture On John Calvin
We’ve Had Our Prophets
I came across a few old Southern Baptists voices this morning. It made me wonder where all the prophetic voices are in our day. First, there is this amazing quote from Adrian Rogers. (Follow that link for the audio.) It just shows so much of our current political debates are nothing new, except that our generation doesn't have the common sense to see the consequences. “Friend, you cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. And what one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government can’t give to … [Read more...] about We’ve Had Our Prophets
Christian Devotions Online
I just wanted to plug a new wesbite I'm developing. It's basically an aggregator for daily bible devotions pulled from various RSS feeds. Going forward I might add some writers and give it a go as a blog too, but for now I'm just letting it build up some traffic. Check it out and give me suggestions. … [Read more...] about Christian Devotions Online