The story of Buford Pusser, the legendary sheriff of McNairy County Tennessee, is fascinating. Pusser's career as a wrestler came to a close so he moved his family back to his home place to run a sawmill with daddy Carl. He's shocked to discover the level of corruption going on. And after he is a vi...

Here are my answers to the Frequently Asked Questions I get about doing a theology degree at Duke.  In this post, I address Duke Th.D vs. Ph.D., financial stipends, the application process, job prospects, and the difference between the Th.D. and Ph.D. degree and the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degr...

Got called tonight that I "might" have to preach.  "Might" means probably after I heard my pastors schedule tomorrow morning at the airport. After scrambling to decided a topic, I played sermon roulette by deciding I will either preach from the lectionary or something from 1 Peter that I had resear...

I posted this a few months back. In these challenging economic times, mission ONE has to be supporting our seminaries. And they NEED it. GIVE NOW. It's easy on line. You can sign up to give monthly with a debit/credit card. I just did it. Join me. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis or Concordia Theologic...

Interestingly, Between the Times is turning up the temperature on Calvinism's focus, with 4 for 4 of their most recent posts addressing the issue.  I'm getting jealous:  at that rate, pretty soon their focus promises to overshadow my own! Being a single author, I can never keep up! I appreciate th...

I just got out of the conference a few minutes ago and thought I'd do a few emails and such.  What did I find?  Hundreds of page views coming from Founders.  I knew Founders had put up a post linking me in their latest crusade.  I did not expect that many page reads, however.  Thank you Dr. Asc...

Precipitation caught Southern Baptists without their umbrella last week, but now slowly moves to the north.  Sheets of water were visibly heavy at times, as a steady downpour of defenders made their case for Seattle pastor, Mark Driscoll, and his continued influence among Southern Baptists. From No...

Alvin Reid, Professor of Evangelism at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a problem.  This is an excellent article putting the recent issue regarding Mark Driscoll in historical context.  Take a moment and read his article .  Here is his conclusion: Finally, I have a problem with my c...

Dr. Harold Hoehner passed away this morning. So hard to see someone like him go. But we can rejoice that he is now with his Savior. Dr. Hoehner was a renowned expert in many areas but his immensely resourceful work on the book of Ephesians will impact many for generations to come. Dr. Hoehner also l...

Last week the otherwise catatonic SBC corner of the blogosphere erupted when Wade Burleson wrote that the administration of SWBTS planned to purge Calvinistic faculty in the name of economic cutbacks. I received numerous questions via facebook, twitter, email and old-fashioned phone calls about that...