Only a document igniting a fever pitch discussion about Calvinism in the SBC could bury the report by the ERLC Trustees of the SBC.
Suspicions confirmed. Baptist Press released the report from the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission on Dr. Richard Land’s racially charged comments and plagiarism. … Continue reading
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The planks likely served another purpose when new. Years, wear, and layers of paint combined to give the air of nostalgia. We have little trouble with re-using common items for different purposes.
Tables bring people together. This table that may be constructed from plants used in other ways sat … Continue reading
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Sometimes we must choose against our natural impulses. In fact, Jesus describes his followers as those who always choose against their normal tendencies when he describes the way of self-denial. We Jesus followers, Christians, tend to think our way of self-denial should be the standard for all others. If … Continue reading
“Good Friday” filters our sense of suffering and death. Christians talk about the meaning of the death of Jesus in every era. John Owen summarized the meaning of Jesus’ death as, “the death of death.” But, in effect death was swallowed up in resurrection. Tony Jones wrote a series … Continue reading
Ruled Out of Order or, A Pusillanimous SBC Part 3
I have never been to an RNC or a DNC but I have been to several Annual Meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention. I suspect the Republican and Democratic National Conventions are not too dissimilar from the SBC Annual Meeting or vice versa. In all three meetings, I am … Continue reading
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