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J.D.Greear cautions churches about hosting disgraced leader Paige Patterson
On January 24, 2020, The Houston Chronicle published an article quoting J.D. Greear with respect to Paige Patterson’s ministry opportunities following his disgraceful exit from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Here is a clip from the article: “The president of the … Continue reading
Problems With Proposed Article III to the Constitution of the SBC
On March 4, Baptist Press published the following article titled, Q&A: Article III on Messenger Qualifications. In this article, in a Q&A with SBC LIFE, Ernest Easley, chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, addressed some of the main … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist Press, SBC Issues, Soteriology Simplified, Southern Baptist Convention
Tagged 1% giving, 2014 SBC Annual Meeting, Annie Armnstrong, Article 3 of Constitution of SBC, Dr. Ernest Easley, Dr. Frank Page, Executive Committee of SBC, Great Commission Giving, Lottie Moon, Messenger Qualifications, SBC, SBC Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Southern Baptist Convention
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New EC Proposed Changes for Messenger Qualifications to SBC Annual Meeting
Baptist Press recently announced the Executive Committee of the SBC has voted to place on its June 9th meeting a recommendation to be presented at the annual meeting in Baltimore to change Article 3 of the SBC constitution dealing with … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist Press, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist Convention
Tagged 1% giving, 2014 SBC Annual Meeting, Annie Armnstrong, Article 3 of Constitution of SBC, Dr. Frank Page, Executive Committee of SBC, Great Commission Giving, Lottie Moon, Messenger Qualifications, SBC, SBC Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Southern Baptist Convention
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My Thoughts on the 2013 SBC Annual Meeting in Houston
I had given a lot of thought to recommending associational meeting places to help boost attendance and interest in the annual meeting that takes place in various cities around the country. However, after attending the meeting in Houston, I realized … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist Press, Calvinism, Lifeway, SBC and Calvinism, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist Convention, Transformed Theology
Tagged A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation, Arminian, Arminianism, Bob Hadley, Calvinism, Calvinism Advisory Committee, calvinism for laypersons, Calvinism made Simple, CALVINIZING OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, CONDITIONAL ELECTION, CONVERSIONISM, Culture, Current Affairs, Dr. Frank Page, Dr. Fred Luter, ELECTION, eternal security, ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER, Evangelicalism, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, Founders, Great Commission Baptists, IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, Jared Moore, Jesus' sheep, LIMITED ATONEMENT, Objections to Calvinism, Progressive Regeneration, reconciliation, Reformed Baptist Bloggers, Regeneration, Regeneration Prior to Faith, SBC, SBC 2014, SBC Annual Meeting, SBC Issues, SBC Meeting in Baltimore, Southern Baptist, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS AND CALVINISM, Southern Baptists not Arminians, The Work of the Holy Spirit, TOTAL DEPRAVITY, Total Separation, TRANSFORMED THEOLOGY, Whosoever Will.
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Calvinism in the SBC: A Point of No Return
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Pe 3:9 NKJV) This post is going to be … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist Press, Calvinism, Gospel Project, Lifeway, SBC and Calvinism, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist Convention, Transformed Theology
Tagged A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation, Arminian, Arminianism, Bob Hadley, Calvinism, calvinism for laypersons, Calvinism made Simple, CALVINIZING OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, CONDITIONAL ELECTION, CONVERSIONISM, Culture, Current Affairs, ELECTION, eternal security, ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER, Evangelicalism, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, Founders, Great Commission Baptists, IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, Jesus' sheep, LIMITED ATONEMENT, My Sheep, Objections to Calvinism, Progressive Regeneration, reconciliation, Reformed Baptist Bloggers, Regeneration, Regeneration Prior to Faith, SBC, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS AND CALVINISM, Southern Baptists not Arminians, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The Work of the Holy Spirit, Tom Ascol, TOTAL DEPRAVITY, Total Separation, TRANSFORMED THEOLOGY, Whosoever Will.
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The BF&M 2000 and Calvinism Revisited!
The relevance of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 is garnering a lot of attention today. Its popularity has soared in the last few years as the revival of Calvinism has found fertile ground in the entities of the SBC. … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist Press, Calvinism, SBC and Calvinism, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist Convention, Transformed Theology
Tagged A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation, Arminian, Arminianism, Bob Hadley, Calvinism, calvinism for laypersons, Calvinism made Simple, CALVINIZING OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, CONDITIONAL ELECTION, CONVERSIONISM, Culture, Current Affairs, ELECTION, eternal security, ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER, Evangelicalism, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, Founders, Great Commission Baptists, IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, Jesus' sheep, LIMITED ATONEMENT, My Sheep, Objections to Calvinism, Progressive Regeneration, reconciliation, Reformed Baptist Bloggers, Regeneration, Regeneration Prior to Faith, SBC, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS AND CALVINISM, Southern Baptists not Arminians, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The Work of the Holy Spirit, Tom Ascol, TOTAL DEPRAVITY, Total Separation, TRANSFORMED THEOLOGY, Whosoever Will.
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An Open Letter To Frank Page, Al Mohler, Danny Akin, Tom Ascol, Mark Dever, David Dockery and the Committee on Calvinism
On August 15, 2012, Baptist Press released an article that contained the following statement: “Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Frank Page has announced the members of an advisory team who will help him craft a strategic plan to bring … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist Press, Calvinism, Lifeway, SBC and Calvinism, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist Convention
Tagged A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation, Al Mohler, Arminian, Arminianism, Baptist Personalities, Bob Hadley, Calvinism, calvinism for laypersons, Calvinism made Simple, Calvinism: Concerned, CALVINIZING OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, CONDITIONAL ELECTION, CONVERSIONISM, Culture, Curious, Current Affairs, Danny Akin, David Dockery, Dr. David Dockery, ELECTION, Emerging Ethics, eternal security, ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER, Evangelicalism, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, Founders, Founders Ministry, Great Commission Baptists, Inviting Jesus into your heart, IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, Lifeway, LIMITED ATONEMENT, Mark Dever, Objections to Calvinism, or Confused, PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS, Preservation of the saints, reconciliation, Reformed Baptist Bloggers, SBC, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS AND CALVINISM, Southern Baptists not Arminians, The Gospel Project, The Sinner's Prayer, Tom Ascol, TOTAL DEPRAVITY, Total Separation, TRANSFORMED THEOLOGY, Union University, Whosoever Will.
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Dr. Paige Patterson Responds To Calvinist Tension
Dr. Paige Patterson, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has re-issued a statement regarding the most recent tension created by the strained relationship that obviously exists between Calvinists and non-Calvinists in the SBC. Dr. Patterson is in fact encouraged by … Continue reading
Posted in Associated Baptist Press, Baptist Press, Calvinism, Gospel Project, Lifeway, SBC and Calvinism, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist Convention, Transformed Theology
Tagged A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation, Arminian, Arminianism, Baptist Personalities, Bob Hadley, Calvinism, calvinism for laypersons, Calvinism made Simple, CALVINIZING OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, CONDITIONAL ELECTION, CONVERSIONISM, Culture, Current Affairs, ELECTION, Emerging Ethics, ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER, Evangelicalism, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, Founders, Great Commission Baptists, Inviting Jesus into your heart, IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, LIMITED ATONEMENT, Objections to Calvinism, Paige Patterson, PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS, reconciliation, Reformed Baptist Bloggers, Roger Olson, SBC, SBC 2012 in New Orleans, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS AND CALVINISM, Southern Baptists not Arminians, The Sinner's Prayer, TOTAL DEPRAVITY, Total Separation, TRANSFORMED THEOLOGY, Whosoever Will.
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Calvinism: Time to MAN UP!
Here is a solution to this Calvinist divide that is littering the landscape of the SBC and needs to be cleaned up. There seems to be a real reluctance to speak to the issues that really matter. Calvinism presents a … Continue reading
Posted in Associated Baptist Press, Baptist Press, Gospel Project, Lifeway, SBC and Calvinism, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist Convention, Transformed Theology
Tagged 2012 SBC in new Orleans, Adam Harwell, Baptist Personalities, Bill Harrell, Bob Hadley, Bobby Welch, Brad Whitt, Calvinism, CALVINIZING OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, Chuck Kelly, CONDITIONAL ELECTION, CONVERSIONISM, Culture, Current Affairs, David Hankins, ELECTION, Emerging Ethics, Emir Caner, Eric Hankins, ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER, Evangelicalism, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, Founders, Great Commission Baptists, IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, Jimmy Draper, Junior Hill, LIMITED ATONEMENT, Paige Patterson, PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS, reconciliation, Reformed Baptist Bloggers, Roy Fish, SBC, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS AND CALVINISM, Steve Gaines, TOTAL DEPRAVITY, Total Separation, TRANSFORMED THEOLOGY, Whosoever Will.
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A Formal Response to “A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation”
May God bless the future of the SBC. As some have well said, God does not need the SBC; the SBC needs God. I maintain the world needs a healthy SBC. The health of the SBC is indeed waning and … Continue reading
Posted in Associated Baptist Press, Baptist Press, Gospel Project, Lifeway, SBC and Calvinism, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist Convention, Transformed Theology
Tagged 2012 SBC in new Orleans, Adam Harwell, Baptist Personalities, Bill Harrell, Bob Hadley, Bobby Welch, Brad Whitt, Calvinism, CALVINIZING OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, Chuck Kelly, CONDITIONAL ELECTION, CONVERSIONISM, Culture, Current Affairs, David Hankins, ELECTION, Emerging Ethics, Emir Caner, Eric Hankins, ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER, Evangelicalism, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, Founders, Great Commission Baptists, IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, Jimmy Draper, Junior Hill, LIMITED ATONEMENT, Paige Patterson, PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS, reconciliation, Reformed Baptist Bloggers, Roy Fish, SBC, SBC Issues, Southern Baptist, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS AND CALVINISM, Steve Gaines, TOTAL DEPRAVITY, Total Separation, TRANSFORMED THEOLOGY, Whosoever Will.
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SBC Issues 