If you’re Southern Baptist, you really need to check this out! Dr. Jeremy Vanatta is beginning an important series he’s calling The Ephesians 4 Project. The purpose is: to seek unity among Southern Baptists around the fact that our doctrine is mostly uniform, though our practice may be less so. It seeks to highlight the unifying [...]
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Written by Ben
Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:44
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Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:44
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Over the past month or so, there has been has been quite a bit of discussion about the state and direction of the Southern Baptist Convention in Baptist newspapers and blogs. The discussion was set off by South Carolina pastor Brad Whitt, and a few weeks later I had the privilege of offering a published [...]
Written by Ben
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:43
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:43
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I wasn’t born and raised a Southern Baptist. I was a born and raised a sinner. In 1980, I was born to my family in Bowling Green, KY. You hear of people who are “E. C. Christians,” meaning they only go to church at Easter and Christmas, but my family wasn’t even that. I guess [...]
Written by Ben
Monday, 13 December 2010 15:41
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Monday, 13 December 2010 15:41
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I absolutely love a baptism service! Some might imagine a quiet version of “Holy, Holy, Holy” as the soundtrack to baptism, but I hear rousing, triumphant versions of “How Great Is Our God” or “Crown Him with Many Crowns” in the background. I get a little excited! Just ask my church. They have laughingly said, [...]
Written by Ben
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 05:59
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Tuesday, 12 October 2010 05:59
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Church membership is on the ropes. Anecdotal evidence abounds as our church literally has been knocking on every door here in the city of Alexandria. So many times we’ve heard, “I’m a Christian, but I don’t need to ever go to church.” Compelling evidence also exists in the statistics of our denomination. The Southern Baptist [...]
Written by Ben
Tuesday, 01 September 2009 17:58
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 17:58
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I’m not sure how many of you are aware of what happened at this summer’s Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, KY. IF YOU’RE NOT AWARE, YOU NEED TO BECOME AWARE! At this meeting, SBC president and FBC Woodstock pastor Johnny Hunt and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary president Danny Akin spearheaded a movement they are calling the “Great [...]