SBC Voices

In a surprise announcement today, NAMB President Kevin Ezell announced that he will be hosting a symposium for bloggers at 9:30 PM on Monday, June 13, at the Fat Chance Cafe two blocks east of the main entrance to the Convention Center in Phoenix.  All active Baptist bloggers are invited to join Ezell for dessert and discussion.  The cost will be $10, though bloggers who have bathed and put on real clothes for the session will be given a $3 discount. The following topics will be discussed during the symposium: Stacy London and Clinton Kelly from TLC's "What Not to Wear" will present … [Read more...] about Ezell Announces “Bloggers Symposium” in Phoenix

I just got a copy of the first sermon preached by the former editor of SBC Voices, Matt Svoboda.  It was a blessing to me, I'm sure it will be to you as well.  He has really developed into a FINE preacher!  You can almost feel the anointing.   … [Read more...] about Matt Svoboda’s Latest Sermon

SBC Voices is pleased to announce that we are one of the official distributors of Tom Ascol's latest CD with his quartet, "The John 3:16 Boys." Ascol's last album "Whosoever Will" went multi-platinum, and he has now added the beautiful tenor voice of Timmy Brister, the deep bass of Al Mohler and the stunning baritone of Mark Dever to many of the songs.  Expectations run high on this one. The album is entitled, "The Savior is Waiting: Great Invitation Hymns" and includes both Ascol's solos and four-part harmonies. The first single will be, "Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart." Look at these … [Read more...] about Tom Ascol and “The John 3:16 Boys” – Latest CD Released!

Editor: William Thornton is the SBC Plodder and a keen observer of SBC life.  This is a repost from his site.  Yesterday he posted the part one.  "Why the CP has been Dropping Like a Rock, Part One." These are not in order of magnitude or importance: 9. It is too hard to change the allocation formulas. We just went through a heavy movement called the Great Commission Resurgence. If successful, international missions will get a little trickle of additional funds through the CP. Lots of effort, little result. 10. The Cooperative Program doesn’t allow the convention to easily adjust to … [Read more...] about Why the Cooperative Program has been dropping like a rock, Part Two (by William Thornton)

Since getting reacquainted and in the loop at SBC Voices, I have come to appreciate each time Thom Hunter shares a new post. His writing is always penetrating and frequently takes a tack that few will ever ponder or dare to do, usually because it is born of personal and often painful experience of the sort that few are willing to share about transparently with others. This is the main reason that I jumped at the offer to review Thom's book, Surviving Sexual Brokenness. If I were required to describe the book using a single word, I would go back to that same idea: transparent. This isn't … [Read more...] about Grace for the Journey and Wisdom from the Battles – A Review of “Surviving Sexual Brokenness” by Thom Hunter

If it's ok with everyone (hope so, cause I didn't ask), I want to jump on the bandwagon of talking about Hell.  Now I know Rob Bell ruined it for us, but I want to take a different spin if I could.  You see, aside from theology, I have some things in common with Rob.  We are both from the same generation, we are both Gen Xers, he is slightly older than I am.  We both ask many questions, and we both question the established system.  That is where we depart, I headed more towards Driscoll, he went towards McLaren. That being said, I see the meta-narrative approach, and I understand where Bell … [Read more...] about The Mercy of Hell

Editor: William Thornton is the SBC Plodder and a keen observer of SBC life.  This is a repost from his site It follows up on the discussion of the two previous articles he posted here, "SBC Presidents and the Cooperative Program" and "Dropping Like a Rock: The Cooperative Program." My humble conjectures about the decline of the once mighty Cooperative Program. Every Southern Baptist is a denominational pundit. Plodder's punditry, not in order of magnitude or importance: 1. It’s the moderates’ fault. Sure, SBC moderates were generally very strong givers to the cooperative program and were … [Read more...] about Why the Cooperative Program has been dropping like a rock – Part One (by William Thornton)

(This post originally appeared at my blog Borrowed Light) A sure way to ensure not having an audience with me is to trash my wife.  If some person decides that they want to speak ill of my wife to me (and this rarely happens) they quickly realize they made a foolish mistake.  They’ll never win.  You know why?  Because I am decidedly on her side. In an even greater way this is the case with the Lord when Satan brings accusations against us.  When he starts dogging on God’s Bride (see Zechariah 3) Satan is met with a sharp rebuke.  It is the same case with believers today.  Written … [Read more...] about Sometimes God is Deaf