You may have caught the story of a United Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing in New Orleans on Monday. The plane had just departed moments before and had no visibility due to cloud cover. Almost immediately after takeoff smoke began to appear in the cockpit. Like a page out of a […]
Small State Conventions, Budget Cuts, and a Question of Fairness
One of our SBC Voices buddies, the SBC Plodder, has posted some excellently “wild and crazy” ideas about the Cooperative Program today, called “Three Outrageous Suggestions for the Cooperative Program.” Who knows, that might find its way on here later in the week. One of the suggestions he made is to reduce the number of […]
Whose Clothes Are These?
In AD 324, Constantine the Great defeated his rival claimant to the Roman throne. After deciding that Rome was a poor location for his capital, Constantine choose the city of Byzantium for the seat of government. Straddling the connection point between Europe and Asia, Byzantium was the perfect spot for managing the European, Asian, and […]
The Root of Church Defection
(This post originally appeared at my blog: Borrowed Light) …those who more boldly than others incite defection from the church, and are like standard-bearers, have for the most part no other reason than their contempt of all to show they are better than the others. (John Calvin, Institutes, 1030) Ripping on the church has become […]
Being a Radicle Person
No, that’s not misspelled. I’ll explain: This past week I was listening to back issues of Russell Moore’s podcast of The Cross and the Jukebox. Once I got over my envy that he’s getting to mix pleasurable work (talking about Jesus) with pleasure (country music), I was able to glean a good bit of information. […]
Tim Brister: 2011 Blog Madness Champion
The final round has ended and Tim Brister is the 2011 SBC Blog Madness Champion. Thanks to everyone who made this annual contest a fun event. After some amazing comebacks, and a few blow calls from the officials–It’s time for the final round. This poll will close Monday night 4 April after the Butler/UCon game ends. […]
Ageism and immortality in the SBC. Why we are joyfully ignorant.
When I was a young man . . . ok a younger man, in my teens and 20s, I had some great mentors. I had men who walked with me and beside me, who encouraged me and really showed me the ropes. I am so grateful for those men and the men in my life […]
The Lord’s Supper and “Rethinking” Church
Let’s admit it: as much as we Southern Baptists like to talk about the Bible being our sole guide for faith and practice, we sometimes have some strange practices. The Lord’s Supper for example—4 of the 5 Southern Baptist churches I’ve been involved in do the Lord’s Supper once a quarter (and maybe another time […]
GUEST POST: Young-Preachers- Finding a Place to Preach
[First posted by David Brumbelow, at Gulfcoast Pastor] When I attended college, I was surprised to meet young preachers who had never preached. They had felt God’s call to preach. They had surrendered their lives to the ministry. They were being educated to follow that call. Yet they had never had the opportunity to preach. […]
SBC Voices Stands Against Evil: Go Connecticut! Smite Kentucky!
This is not an April Fools joke. We need to band together to hope that the last truly evil team left in the NCAA tournament will be struck down today. I’m sure you agree that the Kentucky Wildcats must be stopped, must be “smote” today.
And, to Sum Up All of Today’s Posts…
SBC Voices is BEING CLOSED
I did not think they would be able to do it, but the powers-that-be who have not been pleased with some of the things that we have written in the last few months and a great injustice is being done. A secret group of powerful men has convinced a judge in Nashville that SBC Voices, […]