Here are a few reasons why: We’ll elect a new SBC President in sultry Orlando in June. It was announced back in November that Al Mohler will be nominated for SBC prez. The early timing of the announcement was an eyebrow raiser. Mohler quickly responded that he would accept the nomination. Hey, I’m just glad […]
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 […]
Malcolm Yarnell Thread on Autonomy and Discipline
Recently, Dr. Malcolm Yarnell from SWBTS posted a Twitter thread on how Autonomy and Discipline can work together in SBC life, based on his experience and understanding. He has cleaned it up into paragraphs and I thought it would be valuable here for your perusal. Later today (or this week, depending,) I will post my […]
Prayers for IMB January 6, 2020
Here is the first installment of prayer requests from our IMB missionaries in Europe. There are more requests at Prayers for IMB and as always, thank you for praying. Iceland–Workers in Iceland have a new teammate moving to their city to begin work with them. The new teammate will be finishing up the necessary paperwork and logistics […]
Bowl Games (This is not about the SEC), and how about giving a ticket’s worth of money to Lottie Moon?
Football games are trivial, non-consequential events, the gladiator contests without (much) blood and not ending in executions. I’m far too spiritual to give much time and attention to such things, and, knowing the disdain that my friends have for certain college conferences, I’ll not waste much time on that. But… Most clergy take time off […]
Prayers for IMB January 3, 2020
Here are some requests today from our team in the Americas. Thank you for lifting up our missionaries in prayer and for more requests, go to Prayers for IMB I’ve also started a weekly prayer list for different people groups. Some are being reached, some are unreached. You can find the current list here. Colombia–Pray for a […]
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 […]
Where were we in 2010?
Where were you 10 years ago? When the calendar flipped to 2010, what were you doing? Were you serving in your current ministry? Did you have as many kids/grandkids as you have today? Who were your friends? What lessons did you learn between 2010 and 2020? Here are a few reminders of where the world […]
Prayers for IMB–January 1, 2020
I’m going to try and be more consistent with this in 2020. It is an honor and privilege to advocate for prayer on behalf of our IMB missionaries. These requests come from Japan, and there are more at Prayers for IMB. Pray for good relationships with one of our IMB families and their new neighbors. They […]
2010-2019, a decade of disasters for SBC entities
Here are the Southern Baptist national entity heads in 2010 with a look at what happened during the 2010s. International Mission Board, Jerry Rankin. Rankin was a short-timer in January, 2010. He left in July of that year. Tom Elliff was his replacement, serving from 2011-2014. David Platt took the top job in 2014 and […]
What are your top quotes from SBCers for 2019?
I’ll go with just these three, mainly because I didn’t keep a record all year. There is a tipping point, though, at which genuine advocacy slips into routine outrage, especially regarding a large and lumbering religious system that has managed to ride by most cultural reforms on the backs of those who have preserved a […]
Notable SBC deaths of 2019
Bill Tolar, December 29, 2018 (late year death not reported until early 2019). Longtime SWBTS professor. Rick Stanley, January 7. Step-brother to Elvis and evangelist. Jimmy Allen, January 9. Last of the moderate SBC presidents, 1977-1978. His successor was Adrian Rogers. The changeover was permanent. One of the most energetic and capable SBC presidents. A […]