I've been eagerly anticipating this since I heard whispers of it at Together for the Gospel. Dr. Mohler has begun a new blog that will discuss issues facing the Southern Baptist Convention: Conventional Thinking. Let's pray that God will give him strong eyesight and insight to lead us well for many years to come. HT: …
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The Blogosphere Gains a Bock!
Some people clearly do not respect the blogosphere. For them, blogs are operated by dropouts who are unable to get themselves published in “legitimate” arenas. When these people refer to “bloggers,” the word is spoken with the same scorn with which they dismiss the “punk kids” or the “ignorant malcontents” who are simply not worth …
Baptist History, Multiple Services, and Multiple Campuses
Tom Nettles, The Baptists: Key People Involved in Forming a Baptist Identity (Beginnings in Britain), recounts a debate between the early Baptist Hanserd Knollys and one of his Presbyterian contemporaries, John Bastwick: Bastwick argued that the Jerusalem church had only one body of elders over several assemblies or congregations. Believers meeting at the Temple in …
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The Power of God’s Word and Spirit
From Tom Nettles, The Baptists: Key People Involved in Forming a Baptist Identity (Beginnings in Britain), on the distribution of the New Testament by William Carey, William Ward, and Joshua Marshman in India: When the New Testament was printed, the missionaries began to distribute it carefully. William Ward and Krishna Pal, the first convert of …
Holding the Rope: the Words of Andrew Fuller according to John Ryland Jr.
From Tom Nettles, The Baptists: Key People Involved in Forming a Baptist Identity (Beginnings in Britain): Our undertaking to India really appeared to me, on its commencement, to be somewhat like a few men, who were deliberating about the importance of penetrating into a deep mine, which had never before been explored. We had no …
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Don’t get taken in by fads
I’m reading Andreas Köstenberger’s commentary on John, and I found the statement I’ll quote in a moment fascinating. Before I quote Köstenberger, let me set the stage. Throughout the latter half of the 20th century it was fashionable for scholars to view the Gospel of John as the product of a community, circle, or Johannine …
Just for the fun of being encouraged
You should go read this letter by John Piper, inviting people to the DGM National Conference this fall.
Salvation through Judgment for the Glory of God
This post is mainly in response to Damion’s question in a comment on my previous post. Damion asked about how judgment fits in the equation. Brett commented that this is a no-brainer, and all I can say is that when you look at typical surveys of Biblical Theology in resources such as the Anchor Bible …
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The Center of Biblical Thoelogy
When I was doing my Ph.D. at SBTS I took a seminar on New Testament Theology with Mark Seifrid. As we read surveys of the issues and discussions, I was surprised by what I thought was missing from one aspect of the scholarly dialogue. One of the things that gets bantered about in these discussions …
Addressing Our Lack of Spiritual Wisdom
My friend Eric Schumacher, one of the most gifted poets and hymn writers I know, has posted a thoughtful reflection on the first thing for which those Irish Baptists invited the Baptists in London to join them in repentance: our lack of spiritual wisdom to reprove reprove sin plainly in all without respect of persons. …
Thabiti Anyabwile: Trophy of God’s Grace
As soon as you get a chance, enjoy this beautiful profile of one of the elders at Capitol Hill Baptist Church.
Promises Made . . . Promises Kept
What if there was a strong church right in the middle of the nation’s capitol? What if it was pastored by a humble man of God of profound spiritual insight, impeccable academic credentials, and a dynamic personal presence? What if this pastor was absolutely convinced that his own abilities and giftings were not the point, …
Why I Think Romans 7 Is Describing Indwelling Sin in Believers
The main argument employed by those who don’t think that Romans 7 is describing the experience of believers is simply that in Romans 6 Paul has described believers as dead to sin (6:2), crucified with Christ and no longer enslaved to sin (6:6), and thus, having died, believers are set free from sin (6:7). These …
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Together for the Gospel: May the Lord Bring Revival
This past week, at the generosity of Baptist Church of the Redeemer, I had the privilege of attending the Together for the Gospel Conference in Louisville, KY. The God-centered, mercy magnifying, Bible proclaiming humility of the men who spoke at the conference was enormously encouraging. This is a kind of evangelicalism, a way of being …
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R. C. Sproul on the Holiness and Justice of God
The Wednesday that Together for the Gospel began (April 26), R. C. Sproul spoke in chapel at SBTS. I was not there, but I heard that the message was phenomenal and that the place was packed. Sproul’s address at TFG was very impressive, and you can download the Chapel address here or listen to it …
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Dan Fuller and Inerrancy
From the following quotations it would appear that Daniel P. Fuller holds to inerrancy (quotations from The Unity of the Bible, 1992): “. . . rather than simply stating at the outset that the Bible is indeed the verbally inspired, inerrant Word of God, I arrive at this conclusion by beginning with facts and axioms …
What do you expect from the books you hope to write?
I’m reading George Marsden’s book, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, which I would highly recommend to anyone who does what I do (teach at an evangelical institution of higher learning). This is a fascinating story, and here I just want to note one thing that struck me last night. Marsden recounts how …
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A Practical Plan to Read
We can waste so much time bouncing from blog to blog. Let's heed C. J. Mahaney's sage advice on attacking the weeks so that we get things read. Above all else, read the Scriptures–in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek if possible.
A Prophet in the Wilderness
My friend Jimmy Stanfield has finally started a blog. This brother is thoughtful and interesting, reads voraciously, and often has a way of helping one see the world through gospel lenses. May the nails ring out on The Wittenberg Door, and may we hear the voice of this one calling in the wilderness, "Repent, for …
Trinitarian Expository Exultation
Dr. Bruce Ware is one of the leading theologians of our generation. He is one of the most loving people I have ever met, and he enthusiastically proclaims the greatness of the God he loves. As soon as possible you should download Dr. Ware's sermon on the Trinity in Ephesians 1 and relish this joyful …