June, 2006
The Cutting Edge Has No Edge
Looking back farther than I would like to remember, I recall as a seminary student reading an article by Richard John Neuhaus (back when he was still a Lutheran) on the issue of relevance in ministry. In essence, Neuhaus argued that the churches most determined to be relative at all costs were destined to be [...]
Relevance, Customer Needs and Faithfulness
Mark, thanks for the though-provoking post ("Assumptions and Pursuits") on relevance and faithfulness (which seems to have generated good discussion in various places on the web), and for your post on why you are a Southern Baptist. I want to follow up on both. But let me make a few brief remarks on the relevance [...]
Why am I a Southern Baptist?
I get asked this from time to time. I’ve written a personal testimony in Nettles & Moore Why I Am A Baptist. That talks more about the theological issues that would make me affirm that baptism is only for believers. Why am I a SOUTHERN Baptist? Because I am a member of a Southern Baptist [...]
From Mecca to Calvary
Brothers, we have an unusual opportunity on Wednesday night, June 26, at 7pm. We are to have Thabiti Anyabwile giving his testimony about being a Muslim and then being converted by God’s Holy Spirit through hearing the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pray for us, that God would use this. Pray that non-Christians [...]
Reading
"Perhaps the greatest gift any father can bestow upon his children, apart from the covenant blessings of parish life and a comprehension of the doctrines of grace, is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives a knowledge of the world, and it offers experience of a wide [...]
Mark Dever at the PCA General Assembly
Mark, what an outstanding post. Thanks. And thank also for the excellent address last night on the Westminister Directory’s instructions on the preaching of the Word, given at the Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly pre-conference "The Westminster Confession for Today." Everyone needs to get the audio and listen to it. Great stuff. You and [...]
Assumptions and Pursuits
Dear Friends, it’s been great seeing you lately. Lig, it was an unexpected pleasure to see your brother Mel at the SBC last week. I had to remove a paedo-baptist crack or two I had in my church discipline seminar!! Al, you were absolutely heroic in turning up to do that debate twice only 36 [...]
Deliberate Complementarian Pastors
Mark, Lig and Al, thanks for serving us big time with your insightful posts on this important topic. Please keep this stuff coming, boys. And Al and Mark, any possibility you guys could live-blog the Southern Baptist Convention this week? How exciting would that be? So, how about if you cover the SBC this week, [...]
The Glory of God and the Question of Gender
Thanks, Mark and Lig for two outstanding posts on the issue of complementarianism. Let me deal with the gender question Mark raised for a moment. He made a generalization, of course. Nevertheless, I agree with Mark and I believe the generalization to be generally true. Younger complementarians seem to be more concerned to contend for [...]
Thanks Mark (more on T4G and Complementarianism)
Your post on the complementarian question was excellent Mark. I’ve waited a week before posting to follow up, in part because I didn’t want anything else to deflect attention from your reflections on that important matter. There were dozens of comments left here at the T4G and the conversation was all over the place in [...]
