I am very glad to report that I am restarting the Conventional Thinking blog directed at issues of importance for the Southern Baptist Convention and its churches. I am really excited about this new conversation and especially about the opportunities for asking all the big questions as we think about the future of our denomination. Yesterday, I delivered an address, “The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention,” at a Presidential Forum on campus. Now, this video is available for you.
Conventional Thinking
Talk about another great Southern Baptist blog!
There are two or three areas that need to be addressed with reference to the future of the Southern Baptist Convention. One is prayer for a visitation of God like that of the First and Second Great Awakenings. We need to plead the promises set forth by Jonathan Edwards in his Humble Attempt which inspired Carey and others in the origins of the Great Century of Missions. It is likely the promises were also pleaded by those who prayed for that visitation which we call the Second Great Awakening. Could not the promises be pleaded now for a Third Great… Read more »