Those Who Must Give an Account

For pastors and other church leaders, one of the most important matters to be clear on is the nature and expectations of church membership. We live in a culture where membership requirements and expectations have been relaxed significantly over the past couple of generations. A growing number of believers are questioning the very concept of church membership, noting that the word membership is never used in...

How To Stay Christian in Seminary

How to Stay Christian in Seminary In June 2002, my wife and I packed our U-Haul and relocated from South Georgia to Louisville, Kentucky. After ten years, two seminaries, and two degrees, I’ve now spent nearly a third of my life as a seminary student, staff member, or professor. I can honestly say that I love God and his church more now than I did this time a decade ago. The Lord has used seminary as a means...

Scot McKnight Elaborates on the King Jesus Gospel

Scot McKnight’s The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited (Zondervan, 2011) has generated lots of discussion among evangelicals. Simply put, McKnight pushes back on some of the common ways that evangelicals, especially Reformed and gospel-centered types, articulate the good news. The King Jesus Gospel has caused consternation among many readers, though it has also received some relatively...

Interview on Baptist Identity and the Future of the SBC

Recently, I had the privilege of sitting down for a interview with Michael McEwen, a staff writer for Southeastern Seminary. We discussed two of my favorite topics: Baptist identity and the future of the SBC. Our conversation was fairly brief, but if you want to know my basic thoughts on these topics, check out this news release. I’m grateful to Michael and the SEBTS communications team for taking the time...

On Francis Schaeffer

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Francis Schaeffer’s birth. In honor of the occasion, the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture at Southeastern Seminary is celebrating 100 Days of Schaeffer. The CFC has asked one hundred different Christian leaders to share how they’ve been influenced by Schaeffer’s ministry. The responses are being published daily on the CFC’s Facebook page....