Between the Times Interview: On Being Baptist

I’m a founding contributor to Between the Times, the Southeastern Seminary faculty blog. The Between the Times website recently received a long-overdue update. You should check it out. In addition to the sharp new look, we’ve also added some new features, one of which is a series we’re calling “For the Record.” This will be an ongoing series where we’ll interview a SEBTS...

Review of Godly Ambition

One of the most interesting books I’ve read in recent months is Alister Chapman’s Godly Ambition: John Stott and the Evangelical Movement (Oxford University Press, 2011). Godly Ambition is the first scholarly biography dedicated to Stott, who was arguably one of the two or three key leaders within global evangelicalism during the second half of the previous century. I wrote a review of Godly Ambition...

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...

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...