If you are planning a trip to the SBC in June of 2009, it would be to your best interest to plan a tour and visit the new and improved Southern Seminary as the “mother Seminary” celebrates her 150th birthday.  Click here for a full listing of events leading up to June....

The 2009 SBC Annual Meeting will be held at the Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville KY, on June 23-24, 2009 and registration is open.  Click here....

   In his present post, Tom Ascol and Reading Comprehension, Tennessee Pastor, Tim Guthrie, offers a devastating critique of Tom Ascol's unfortunate misreading of a sermon preached by Dr. Malcolm Yarnell, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS...

When I attempted the blogging gig a few years ago, a few blogs were the obvious Kingpins. Wade Burleson's ceaseless attacks on the IMB trustees was one of them. Like most who read but resist comment, I just loitered around in the background, observing what churned his butter. Today, Burleson is out ...

My son sent me a link to this site and said I might enjoy tracking it.  Being a SBpk he well recalls our annual conventions where attending pudgy preacher physiques out number attending puny preacher physiques, at minimum, 10 to 1.  This picture may clue us in to part of the reason why. If you lik...

  Timmy Brister, spokesman for Founders Ministries, posted another commentary which essentially attempts to drive division between two alleged visions which Brister, along with his boss, Dr. Tom Ascol, insist are the only viable visions for the future of the Southern Baptist Convention.  Quoting h...

Dr. Akin responded to recent concerns raised about his unpopular liaison with Mark Driscoll. You can hear it here. Also, his manuscript is available as well-- Download Akin Manuscript. With that, I am...Peter...

Where on the one hand, the Missouri Baptist Convention de-funds all dually affiliated SBC/Acts 29 church planters, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina invites them to a convseration about the Gospel, the church, and the mission.  That’s my kind of state convention! The Insight Podc...

Last week, I shared my take on Baptist Press throwing Mark Driscoll under the bus, including the underlying factors that come into play.  One of the main factors was the competing visions of the SBC.  On point five, I wrote the following: There are two competing visions for the SBC going on right ...

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