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Systemic problems with polity? …

Yesterday I wrote of systemic issues continuing to foster occasions where we fail to help and end up hurting. Today I find David Wayne, a.k.a. Jolly Blogger, noting systemic issues related to "standard" Baptist polity. What do you think?… Continue reading

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Systemic … not incidental …

A few days ago I read an article by Ed Stetzer over at Christianity Today Online. When I read this some of the content of Stetzer’s article, "Can Mega Be MIssional?" came to mind. Ed admittedly cringed when writing the following but he wrote it nonetheless,

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In the Kingdom … but not in our church …

Bruce helped put together a new blog for "centrist" baptists. A recent post noted the recent decision by a Mississippi church took the issue of church membership to another level. While Henderson Hills wrestled with the location of baptism in the scheme of membership and the Kingdom of … Continue reading

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Forcing the text … good grounds for “smackdown”? …

Evidently we need to be warned about N.T. Wright and his view of justification. I read a post over at the BHT suggesting we need to fear the late Leslie Newbign too. (Noting the satirical nature of Joel’s post leaves me hoping there is something satirical about the great … Continue reading

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A Serendipitous Moment … Interesting juxtapositions …

A week ago this past Wednesday I had suffered from a week packed in a few short days. Quickly, this is no complaint it is just a fact. I sat on my stool and admitted to those gathered I was not ready to discuss another chapter of Ezekiel. I … Continue reading

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