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“How stingless death!”: Surveying a Baptist Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 15:55

Christopher Ellis Osterbrock

As Christian, the allegorical pilgrim, marched into the river, chest-deep and deeper, he rejoiced with a song: “O grave, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?” This comes from the second part of the Pilgrim’s Progress, where John Bunyan (1628–1688) writes of the believer’s approach to death. When the pilgrim ends the […]

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A Picture Worth A Thousand Words: The Beauty of Believer’s Baptism

Allen S Nelson IV

In Romans 6:1-14, the Apostle Paul gives Christians, among other things, one of the purposes of believer’s baptism. This blessed ordinance of our Lord Jesus Christ is a beautiful picture worth a thousand words! While much ink has been spilled over the mode, subject, and purpose of baptism, let me give you three simple, yet […]

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Abortion and Our Lost Our Ability to Reason Morally

Tom Ascol

The inability or unwillingness of Christians to employ rigorous, biblical, moral reasoning to address public attacks on God and Scripture over the last few years has been as stunning as … More

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Why I Am Willing to Be Nominated for SBC President

Tom Ascol

The Southern Baptists Convention (SBC) needs a change of direction. Over our 177-year history the Lord has enabled the churches of the SBC to accomplish some amazing things for the … More

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Josiah vs Jehoiakim: The SBC’s Decision for 2022 and Beyond (Part 2)

Allen S Nelson IV

In Part 1, we considered 2 Chronicles 34 and King Josiah. We saw how Josiah responded humbly and obediently to God’s Word. It reminds us that the great hope for … More

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A Call to Action for Southern Baptist Pastors

Tom Ascol

My friend and fellow pastor, Josh Buice, announced yesterday that the church he serves, Pray’s Mill Baptist on the west side of Atlanta, has officially broken ties with the Southern … More

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Josiah vs Jehoiakim: The SBC’s Decision for 2022 and Beyond (Part 1)

Allen S Nelson IV

In one sense, it can certainly be thought monotonous to write more about the state of the Southern Baptist Convention. Yet, those of us who believe in the importance of … More

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A Report on What’s Going on Among Colorado Baptists

Hannah Ascol

Earlier this summer, after the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) convened in Nashville, a number of SBC pastors in Colorado reached out to fellow pastor, Sean Cole (Emmanuel Baptist, Sterling, CO). … More

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A Late Comment on the Recent Convention

Tom Nettles

Having participated in a Founders event on Monday, June 14, I was anticipating several events and sessions during the two days of the Southern Baptist Convention. A critical situation at … More

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“I Didn’t Come Up From Texas to Vote Against God”

Mark Coppenger

Back around 1980, Jay Kesler (President Emeritus of Taylor University) was addressing a meeting I attended, and I was much taken by a self-effacing comment he made by way of … More

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Scotch-taping the Fault Line: SBC Reflections

Jared Longshore

A Call to Jolly Warriors Everywhere Our Lord, in His manifold wisdom, has told us to be always rejoicing (1 Thessalonians 5:16). And He has not told us to do … More

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Scotch-taping the Fault Line: SBC Reflections

Jared Longshore

A Call to Jolly Warriors Everywhere Our Lord, in His manifold wisdom, has told us to be always rejoicing (1 Thessalonians 5:16). And He has not told us to do … More

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The 2021 Southern Baptist Convention: What Just Happened?

Tom Ascol

Several things happened at #SBC21 and many, if not most, of them are deeply concerning to grassroots Southern Baptists who love Christ, fear God, tremble at His Word, and want … More

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The 2021 Southern Baptist Convention: What Just Happened?

Tom Ascol

Several things happened at #SBC21 and many, if not most, of them are deeply concerning to grassroots Southern Baptists who love Christ, fear God, tremble at His Word, and want … More

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Inerrancy, Pragmatism, and Why I am Voting for Mike Stone for President of the SBC

Tom Ascol

I have been asked this question numerous times over the last few months. Usually it is attached to another question like this, “Since Al Mohler shares your reformed theology, why … More

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Russell Moore and the Canaanization of the SBC

Jared Longshore

Regrettably, Russell Moore’s departure from the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has come with public scandal. Moore has written a letter to his … More

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3 Reasons Complementarianism Is a Missions Issue

Alex Kocman

Christian love across lines of differing convictions are essential to the missionary task of the church. To make disciples of all nations invariably involves flexing, adapting, and bending to an … More

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A Word to My Fellow Southern Baptists

Tom Ascol

Get to Nashville June 14-16 as a messenger from your church. That’s my main exhortation in this article. The Annual Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is scheduled to meet downtown in … More

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God’s Good Hierarchical Design

Jared Longshore

April 20, 2021 The worldview du jour is flat. Rank and order are suspect. Some view all authority as tyranny. Others with authority really are tyrannical. The autonomous self reigns, … More

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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: SBC, CRT, and the BFM

Tom Ascol

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. … More

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The Southern Baptist Convention Should Be Led by Pastors

Tom Ascol

“The exchange of one set of bureaucrats for another doth not a reformation make.” I first heard Timothy George, the founding Dean of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, make … More

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Response from a Crooked Stick

Tom Nettles

I have to admit to confusion and perplexity about the claims of a student, “As I’ve walked across the campus today, I realize that an unfortunate reality is that the … More

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Removing Names: Deep Cleansing?

Tom Nettles

Dwight Mckissic recently presented to the trustees and president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary open letter. Since it was an open letter, I assume he wanted all Southern Baptists, … More

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Federal Vision Pt. VI: A Particular Baptist Critique and An Apologetic for 1689 Federalism

Dewey Dovel

My life as a Christian was forever changed on an ordinary day off from work in early December (2019). As my wife left for her job at a local preschool, I trudged from our bedroom to the living room table to embark upon another lengthy day of homework. The Fall semester was nearing its conclusion, […]

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