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...

Calvinist, Arminian, Baptist Perspectives on Soteriology

  New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary sponsors a research center called The Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry. The Baptist Center was founded by Stan Norman, now provost at Oklahoma Baptist University, and is currently led by NOBTS provost Steve Lemke. The Baptist Center publishes a journal titled The Journal for Baptist Theology &...

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...

Very Hopeful about the SBC’s Future

The good folks at Baptist Press have published a column by me titled “Very Hopeful about the SBC’s Future.” The BP essay is a light revision of a post I first published a week ago at this website and Between the Times titled “On the Future of the Southern Baptist Convention: A Graduation Meditation.” I hope you’ll go over to...