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(Editor's Note:  Back at Christmas my Frank Page hitting wife bought me a Kindle Fire, and my spoken Word poetry genius daughter got the book "The Hunger Games" for me.  Since I tend to do what my daughter tells me to do, I read the book.  Immediately, I got Kindle copies of the rest of the trilogy, then devoured the movie last week. So, I'm a fan. Alan Cross, who blogs at Downshore Drift, wrote this great article and I asked him to publish it here.  He said yes.  Here it is.) I found a lot of Biblical truth in The Hunger Games trilogy. I finished reading it yesterday and think that some … [Read more...] about How “The Hunger Games” Reflects Biblical Truth (by Alan Cross)

If it wasn’t seminary (or any other new found education) that caused mark to become angry and divisive what happened to Mark, then? Probably the same thing that happened to students in Newton’s day when he said: I do not mention this as the necessary fault of the institution, but as the frequent effect of notions too hastily picked up, when not sanctified by grace, nor balanced by a proportional depth of spiritual experience.[1] Newton is saying what Luther said 200 years prior, “experience alone makes the theologian[2]”. What happened to Mark and a host of students like him is that he … [Read more...] about The Root of Angry and Divisive Calvinists: Part 3

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After much contemplation and conspiration with a man typically known only by his initials, a hostile takeover of SBC Voices is being effected at this moment and the blog will hereafter be known not as SBC Voices but as SEC Voices. This change will result in a few visible differences around here: #1. No more space wasted on nonsense like the New York Yankees. #2. All contributors will be expected to change their avatars to represent mascots declaring their allegiance to appropriate organizations. #3. No more discussing Joel Osteen unless he moves from Houston to College … [Read more...] about SBC Voices is Changing Its Name

Since Bryant Wright appointed the Task Force to study the name change last fall, the Baptist world has been abuzz, not only discussing the name-change idea itself, but also dissecting the details and debating the advisability of the  appointment of the task force. Being sensitive to the criticisms of the criticizers who criticized him critically, he has announced a proactive response. He has notified the Executive Committee of the SBC that he has appointed a Blue Ribbon Task Force to study the advisability of presidential appointments of task forces.  The task force will be asked to pay … [Read more...] about Bryant Wright Appoints New Task Force on Task Forces

For the record, every word I am about to share is true! Because of the date today, some might think this is an April Fool's blog post. (I hear there are blogs that take April Fool's Day way too seriously and run a series of silly posts!  I find that offensive, but to each his own.) This is not an April Fool's post. A week ago, Frank Page was in our church for an evangelism rally - the best evangelism rally I've ever been to.  He was insightful, funny, poignant and practical. Then, afterwards, my wife slugged him! Well, maybe not slugged... but she definitely hit him as I watched in … [Read more...] about My Wife Hit Frank Page

Ed Stetzer, the mega-genius behind LifeWay's research wing, has made a convention altering discovery about how to identify Calvinists in the SBC. A few years ago, the anti-Calvinist contingent of Tennessee was circulating a lengthy questionnaire designed to smoke out the hidden Calvinists among us.  It was way too complicated, allowing some Calvinists to use the confusion to slip in surreptitiously. According to Stetzer's new research, there is a much simpler way to distinguish the soteriological camps.  It all boils down to one thing. Facial hair. Young SBC Calvinists wear … [Read more...] about Ed Stetzer/LifeWay: Shocking New Research on Calvinism

SBC Voices has been notified by the ruling elites that preregistration for the SBC Annual Meeting is breaking all records.  Concerned that there might be unity issues as well as overcrowding the elites have issued a papal bull dictating the following schedule changes. The main sessions of the convention will be at the Morial Convention Center down on the river.  But for the discussion of the Executive Committee name-change proposal, special accomodations have been made. Those who support the name-change proposition will meet, as planned, at the Morial Convention Center for that session. … [Read more...] about Important Announcement about SBC NOLA 2012

I came across a story last week about banned words that NYC won't allow to be used on their standardized tests anymore and that gave me an idea and Dave said it was OK to run with this.  We have all talked about it and we have come up with a list of banned words that shouldn't be used anymore here at SBC Voices in order to help maintain civility in blogging and commenting.  I tried to come up with the appropriate number of words to ban.  Carlin said that there are 7 words you can't say, but I am pretty sure there are more than that.  NYC has a list of 50, but that seems a bit excessive.  In a … [Read more...] about New Moderation Rules at SBC Voices