Paul points to some research we have known either intuitively or by experience (our own or others who are friends). Supports my continued contention that rather than continue to narrow our tribes by the knife of knowledge we should embrace in love. Our own denomination (SBC) continues to look … Continue reading
Read MoreJ.D. and I met almost ten years ago – when he was about 26. If he thinks he might not be so young at 36, he sure was then! I like to think I am still young thought ten years his senior. Don’t rush it J.D.! I still recall … Continue reading
Read MoreMissional Marty officially breaks out of semi-retirement to offer some initial thoughts on what is hoped to be a constructive conversation about the latest (G)CR turn in the SBC. In one of the many vintage Duren lines from the post is this point that gets at the heart of … Continue reading
Read MoreSeth Godin considers the new leaders to be heretics. (Tribes) In religious settings we eschew the label heretic. Although, the word becomes an incendiary device hurled toward anyone who does not espouse “my” orthodoxy, which of course is “the” orthodoxy.
Ed Stetzer is on record noting another malady – … Continue reading
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A Land Beyond or, How the ERLC May Problematize Inerrancy
A crushing blow to inerrancy in the SBC will likely come on June 1st. Since 1979 the accuracy and authority of the Scriptures under the rubric of inerrancy has provided access to the SBC Speakeasy. In a single action the Trustees of the Ethics and Religious Liberty … Continue reading
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