After explaining the criteria of holiness expected of church leadership in the second chapter of his first epistle to Timothy, Paul explained why the godliness of our leaders was important… “I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, [15] if I delay, you may know how … Read more
It is common in modern evangelical circles to speak of one’s “calling” to this or that. A call to preach. A call to mission work, and/or a specific country or people group. A call to fulfill a certain ministry. A call to carry out a certain task. A call to speak to a specific person … Read more
The Battles for Jots and Tittles Words have meaning, and when we lose words or allow their original meaning to drift into obscurity, we don’t just loose letters or syllables, vowels and consonants arranged in particular order, but we loose ideas, concepts, and whole intellectual notions. When we lose words, we lose the truths these … Read more
**Developing** Wade Burleson, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid, Oklahoma, has posted some disturbing information about the #DOWNGRADE at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary under the directives of Paige Patterson. In the Istoria Ministries Blog, Burleson alleges that Paige Patterson – contrary to the admissions policy at SWBTS – instituted a unilateral directive as of … Read more
I continue to receive correspondence from Georgia Baptists saying that Johnny Hunt, Jim Law and others are telling concerned Baptists that “the public doesn’t know everything about the Ergun Caner situation” and we should, therefore, trust our leaders. They insist that there is evidence exonerating Caner they just aren’t permitted to share with us. This … Read more
When a sinner goes to God’s house and pretends to pray to Him and praise Him, he displays a brazen-facedness of the worst kind! Sadly, since the day of my new birth I have…worshiped him in a slovenly manner. – Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening My grandfather was of the generation that wore their ‘Sunday … Read more
Tony Miano recently wrote an article titled “Abortion Abolition is Not the Gospel“. As far as that goes, we agree with Miano: abolition is not the Gospel. We have said the same thing ourselves on numerous occasions. We are Gospel-centered, and as we have explained to our critics before, we believe that the work of … Read more
This is an article released and written by Kelly Boggs of the Baptist Message. I am aware that for a long, long time, Louisiana Baptists have been begging Kelly Boggs to run an article highlighting these very issue. Boggs issued this article only after the secular press, in particular the Town Talk, ran (much less … Read more
[Contributed by special Twitter friend @Caner_Repent] I find the whole controversy surrounding Ergun Caner embarrassing and I can’t wait for it to be over. So in the interest of ushering the controversy to a speedy conclusion, I want to challenge Ergun Caner and his supporters to end it once and for all. The issue is … Read more
Embattled Louisiana College President, Dr. Joe Aguillard, commenting on the college’s accreditation status said, “I feel a great relief and pride and very optimistic about the ability to go forward…it removes all the question marks.” Unfortunately for Dr. Aguillard, a new blog post written by a former LC professor, Rondall Reynoso, raises serious questions about … Read more
Tim Guthrie is a Connect 316 board member and is the pastor of Arlington Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tim Guthrie is also on the nominating committee for the Southern Baptist Convention. As I challenge his recent post on Calvinism below, please be aware that Guthrie has a role in nominating Southern Baptists to posts … Read more
Jared Moore, 2nd VP of the SBC is not happy that I included his Harry Potter Bible study in my previous post, “Finding Theology in the Hunger Games and Harry Potter” [click here for the article]. Moore’s Harry Potter Bible study [click here to see it], according to him, illustrates doctrines of the “trinity, image … Read more
Jared Moore (who I have no reason to believe is anything but a great guy), Second VP of the Southern Baptist Convention, posted an article today entitled, “Before Criticizing SBC Leaders and SBC Entities, Here are Some Good Questions to Ask.” When one Southern Baptist pastor asked him via Twitter if it was in response … Read more
…”We are going downhill at breakneck speed.” That line appeared in the first of the Downgrade articles that appeared in Charles Spurgeon’s ‘Sword and the Trowel’ magazine, which led to the greatest controversy of Spurgeon’s calling and according to some, led to his early death. Under the name ‘The Downgrade,’ Spurgeon’s magazine published several articles … Read more
