Dr. David Dockery, president of Union University and leading statesman in the SBC, recently spoke at California Baptist University in their “Christ & Culture” Lecture Series.  CBU has recently provided two of Dockery’s lectures from this past week from their chapel podcast.  ...

Last week, Tom Ascol expressed his concerns about the vision of Baptist Identity and in particular, their rejection of theological triage using a chapel message delivered by Dr. Malcolm Yarnell on October 30, 2008 at SWBTS chapel.  The message Dr. Yarnell preached was entitled “The Essentials...

While doing some research this morning, I stumbled across a sermon series preached by D.A. Carson on the portraits of Jesus from the Gospel of John.  Downloadable audio is available when you click on the thinks. Part 1 :: Jesus the Word of God (John 1:1-18) Part 2 :: Jesus the Temple of God (John 2...

Drs. Alvin Reid and Nathan Finn have begun to write (together) the case for consensus for Calvinism in the SBC.  Contrary to what some believe, I believe this is the desire of most (if not all) Calvinists I know in the SBC.  The series at Between the Times has been encouraging to read, I however w...

This song always moves me–to sing of what God has said and hold fast to His promises with confidence in Christ to fulfill His purposes in bringing glory to Himself. Posted in worship Tagged: Shane & Shane, You Said...

In his highly influential Manual of Theology, John Dagg concludes with a small portion entitled “The Duty of Baptists.”  I want to provide an excerpt from his final point, which was: “It is our duty to promote the spiritual unity of the universal church, by the exercise of brother...

Two weeks ago, I shared my thoughts about Baptist Press throwing Mark Driscoll under the bus. One particular point that has been written about is the two competing visions for the future of the SBC.  Here is what I wrote: There are two competing visions for the SBC going on right now: the Great Com...

On the heels of Alvin Reid’s open letter to the Calvinists in the SBC, Nathan Finn has also written an open letter to the non-Calvinists in the SBC.  Nathan is a good friend with a great mind who, in my humble estimation, will continue to have a great influence in the SBC through his scholars...

Dr. Alvin Reid, new contributor to the best SBC blog on the internet, has written an open letter to the Calvinists in the SBC.  Reid is not a Calvinist, though he is certainly not an anti-Calvinist.  Following Reid’s open letter, Dr. Nathan Finn will respond with an open letter to the non-Ca...

This past Fall, I completed an eight-sermon series working through Matthew 8-9 called “The Scenes of Our Savior.”  I am following that series with a six-sermon series from Matthew 9:35-11:1 focusing called “The Sending of Our Savior” (primarily on the discipleship discourse ...