Growing up in a revivalist Southern Baptist tradition skewed my personal understanding of salvation and conversion. Countless revival preachers came giving stories of the fellow who repelled every previous attempt to "share the Gospel" but finally and wondrously came to trust Jesus as "he and the pastor" went calling. … Continue reading
Read MoreOne of the great things about Bloglines lies is the ability to clip posts you want to come back and read later. Taking some time to catch up on some clipped posts I came across a piece from Beliefnet. I read th Interview with Stanley Hauerwas on his … Continue reading
Read MoreTwo years ago Patty, Tommie and me spent a few days near Creede, Colorado. They were having their Salsa Fest. We will not make it this year … but maybe another year … soon.… Continue reading
Read MoreBruce 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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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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