On the Prescription of Secular Analytical Tools

WHEREAS, Southern Baptist resolutions are traditionally and reasonably designed to either 1. give messengers their voice, enabling them to say what they’re already eager to say (e.g., in opposition to … More

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 9 – Breaking The Silence of Augustine

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view …

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On the Promise and Peril of Blogs

WHEREAS, the Internet has spawned a phenomenon—the Web Log (“Blog”)—virtually unimaginable to Southern Baptists a generation ago, not to mention our 19th-century founders with their the limited technical horizon; and  … More

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On the Spiritual Fragility of Christian Higher Education

WHEREAS, Southern Baptists, whether as a national denomination or through their state conventions, have established a host of seminaries and colleges, which have made great contributions to the Body of … More

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 8 – Council of Carthage

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view …

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About Financial Support for Dismissed SBTS Professors

Over one month ago I decided to raise money to try to financially support any dismissed Southern Seminary professor who had his severance withheld because he refused to sign a … More

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Can I Be Sure I’m a Christian?

The biblical teaching on the assurance of grace and salvation is vitally important for healthy Christian living. The provisions that believers are given in Christ are transformative. “If anyone is … More

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 7 – What If We Rewrite the Stars?

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view most …

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On Theology and Evangelism

WHEREAS, Southern Baptists are a Great Commission People, who initiated a “Great Commission Resurgence” in 2010, yet have seen a steady decline in baptisms in the ensuing decade, despite an … More

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 6 – The Depths of Augustine’s Manichaeism

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view most …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 5 – Using Equal Scales in the Discussion

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view most …

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Virtual Resolutions

Since representing Southern Baptists a year ago before the National Commission on Military, National, and Public service, I’ve been in contact with retired Navy Captain Robert H. Miller, who was … More

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What Can the Righteous Do?: Some thoughts on the Sufficiency of Scripture and the SBC

A Story I began my first pastorate at the age of 24, ready to conquer the world for the glory of King Jesus! I commenced preaching through the book of … More

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Through Forty Years: A Tribute to Marriage to My Best Friend

Forty years is a lifetime, or at least the better part of one for most people. It is the number of years the Israelites spent in the wilderness in order … More

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Hermeneutics and Expository Preaching

If any pastor has questioned the importance of hermeneutics or the serious challenges arising within the field over the last fifty to seventy-five years then the June 26, 2015 United … More

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 4 – Athanasius and Original Sin

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have read more Augustine and other Church Fathers than probably almost anyone else I know, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. …

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Did Jesus Desire to NOT do Something His Father Commanded in the Garden of Gethsemane?

A Response to Matthew Lee Anderson and Revoice Introduction Matthew Lee Anderson recently received his PhD from Oxford University in Christian Ethics and is on the Advisory Council of Revoice. … More

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 3 – Some Earlier Comments from Augustine on Original Sin

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have read more Augustine and other Church Fathers than probably almost anyone else I know, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 2 – Augustine, 412, and Original Sin

  Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have read more Augustine and other Church Fathers than probably almost anyone else I know, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since …

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Abortion and the Misshaped Conscience of Southern Baptists

In 1974, one year after the United States Supreme Court created a law to legalize abortion on demand in the Roe v Wade case, the pop rock duo, Jim Seals … More

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 1 – Clement and Free Will

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have read more Augustine and other Church Fathers than probably almost anyone else I know, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. …

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