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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...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...Is the Cooperative Program Worthy of Sacrifice?
Yesterday, I mentioned that my friend Micah Fries has written a couple of very helpful articles about the Cooperative Program (CP). Today, Micah and I have published a co-authored article at Between the Times titled “Is the Cooperative Program Worthy of Sacrifice?” We’ve been planning this article since last September, and now seemed like the...Wise Words on the Cooperative Program
The Cooperative Program is the primary funding mechanism for almost all the good work that Southern Baptists do together. Unfortunately, the CP has been trending downward for many years and for a variety of reasons. In the past few weeks, my good friend Micah Fries has written two very helpful articles about the Cooperative Program. The first, cleverly titled...On the Future of the Southern Baptist Convention: A Graduation Meditation
This morning, we’ll celebrate our December graduation at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. This is our smaller of two annual commencements, but we’ll still graduate around 130 students today. The vast majority of them are Southern Baptists who are currently serving in paid vocational ministry, are presently looking for paid church staff positions,...
Nathan A. Finn serves as Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Baptist Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He's a husband, father, elder, baseball enthusiast, and Broadway musical fan. He's still trying to figure out why we drive on parkways and park on driveways.
