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Will Georgia Baptists be rescued by our 19th Century Calvinist predecessors?

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See if you recognize any of these quotes or have read similar ones: ...a book that seeks to recover the Gospel heritage that has been vastly lost since the last century. ...look back at the first generation of Georgia Baptists, filtered through the biblical Gospel... ...our labors in this book have been to show the confessional faith of the first generation of Georgia Baptists as a whole. ...how our Baptist forbearers in Georgia came to these convictions biblically... Many Baptists in the twenty-first century have lost their way. ...capitulated to...pragmatic notions and … [Read more...] about Will Georgia Baptists be rescued by our 19th Century Calvinist predecessors?

Moral Licensing in the SBC?

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You are on a diet. For the past week you’ve been exercising like a professional athlete and eating nothing but rabbit food. Then you walk by a kid selling strawberry pies. You buy three of them hoping to share with your family. You eat all three. But you justify this by saying, “I’ve done so good on my diet that I deserve to cheat a little”. Sociologists have coined a term for this behavior. It is called moral licensing. And it extends to far more than just eating strawberry pie while on a diet. Studies have found that when we humans do something that we consider a good deed rather than … [Read more...] about Moral Licensing in the SBC?

Ignorance, Deception, or Journalistic Laziness – Take Your Pick: None Are Helpful in Racial Reconciliation Efforts

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Religion Dispatches published an article yesterday entitled "The Southern Baptist 'All Lives Matter' Approach to Racial Reconciliation is Spiritual Malpractice." In that article, they mentioned SBC Voices a couple of times, which is always flattering. Unfortunately, their comments showed either ignorance of what has been written here, an intent to deceive people, or a simple laziness in the journalistic practices of the authors, Sunnivie Brydum and Joshua Lazard. They make assertions about what we have posted here that are so far from the truth that it is hard to assign any benign … [Read more...] about Ignorance, Deception, or Journalistic Laziness – Take Your Pick: None Are Helpful in Racial Reconciliation Efforts

It’s World Emoji Day, and You Know What to Do

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It is against the rules just to throw a post up here on SBC Voices without the blessing of the folks who run the place. Guess how much I'm going to let that restrain me? Someone on Twitter has declared this to be #WorldEmojiDay. Dave Miller's LOVE for emoticons is widely known, and although an emoticon isn't technically an emoji, I figure you all know how to show Dave some love in the comments. … [Read more...] about It’s World Emoji Day, and You Know What to Do

Should We Move On From Talking About Our Racist Past?

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In 1845, when the American Baptist Home Mission Society, refused the nomination of James Reeve (a slaveholder) the seeds were planted for the birth of a new denomination. By May 1845 white delegates from the deep South gathered (293 in all) together and formed a new mission society—The Southern Baptist Convention. Yes, our beloved denomination was founded because our forefathers wanted to own slaves. Al Mohler is even more pointed when he says: In fact, the SBC was not only founded by slaveholders; it was founded by men who held to an ideology of racial superiority and who bathed that … [Read more...] about Should We Move On From Talking About Our Racist Past?

Ridgecrest…one more time

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I'm at Ridgecrest Conference Center for the night. I'm not attending a conference but it is close to where I went today so I reserved a night. In earlier years some group from my church would go every year, mostly students in the summer, but I haven't been here in a decade or so. Hmmm, it used to be Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center I think, but I'm OK for broader marketing if that's what is needed to keep our sole national conference center going. Glorieta, the other one, is alive only in the form of a Hail Mary lawsuit. It was closed years ago. My state convention gave away one of our … [Read more...] about Ridgecrest…one more time

Eugene Peterson and Perhaps the Deepest Kind of Repentance

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By now, you've heard of what happened with Eugene Peterson, the 84 year old pastor/professor/writer when asked what he believed about gay marriage and gay relationships. I don't want to get into all of the details of that, give links, and make arguments that have already been made. But, I do want to focus in on something I haven't seen many talk about. His statement affirming gay marriage came out on Wednesday in an article. On Thursday, he released a retraction. He recanted. And, there are three statements that he made here that are particularly worth exploring and should consider: "To … [Read more...] about Eugene Peterson and Perhaps the Deepest Kind of Repentance

#SBCPC17 Sermons: Chris Davis – Philippians 1:27-30

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All of the sermons from the 2017 SBC Pastors’ Conference are available here.  Over the next few weeks we will be posting the video from each sermon here at SBC Voices along with the text for that sermon from the CSB and some notable quotes from the sermon.  Let us know in the comments what you most enjoyed and appreciated from each sermon. Your browser does not support iframes. Philippians 1:27-30 Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing … [Read more...] about #SBCPC17 Sermons: Chris Davis – Philippians 1:27-30

Saved by the Blood of the Lamb (Ken Hamrick)

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Throughout the Old Testament, a spotless animal was permitted to die in place of the sinner. Sin required death—either the death of the sinner or the death of an allowed substitute. No person in the Old Testament was qualified to be a sin sacrifice, as Jesus was, so animals were used as pictures to teach about the future Christ. These animals were, in various ways, pictured as being made one with the sinners in order to point to Christ being made one with believers. The first sacrifice was when God made clothing of animal skin to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve, whose sin incurred their … [Read more...] about Saved by the Blood of the Lamb (Ken Hamrick)