After spending a few days in lovely Branson, Missouri, I arrived back in St. Joseph and got caught up on the news occurring in SBC life and noticed that the Great Commission Resurgence continues to strike a chord of interest among many, many Southern Baptists. Since released by SBC President, Johnny Hunt, on Monday, it continues to grow in influence
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My friend Douglas Baker has just published an article for the North Carolina Baptist Convention that highlights Dr. Danny Akin's message, "Axioms of a Great Commission Resurgence" that I highlighted yesterday. I cannot stress enough how significant I believe this movement will be to the future existence of our denomination. I would encourage you to run by and read the
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Dr. Alvin Reid is one of my favorite people in SBC academia. He has just posted an article on BetweenTheTimes.com that speaks really well to where I believe we are in the SBC today.
In the article he does a wonderful job of assessing historical trends as well as attempting to identify where we are currently. The article gives
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Lately I feel like most of my writing on this blog has been simply pointing you to the good writings of others. This is partly due to the fact that I've been teaching a lot lately and that has taken considerable prep time. Between two separate messages on Sunday, discipleship group on Monday morning, Bible study and prayer meeting on
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This coming Sunday I am continuing a series looking at the parables of Jesus by looking at Mark 2 as Jesus called Levi to follow Him and then was criticized by the Pharisees for spending too much time with "tax collectors and sinners". As I've studied I've really grappled with the approach of Jesus versus the approach of the "religious"
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Today I want to start a new series. I don't know how long I'll feature this, but for the time being I thought it might be helpful. Due to the advent of technology, we can now serve others around the world in tremendous new ways. Although mission trips and living missionaly in your own context are still incredibly important, through
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The good folks at the State Convention of North Carolina continue to produce quality material, particularly The Office of Public Relations led by my friend Doug Baker. Doug recently recorded a great interview with a group of Acts 29 pastors. If you would like to listen to the podcast, click here.
The BSCNC also published the following press release to
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For those who follow life within the Southern Baptist Convention and understand anything of the nuances that we in SBC life have experienced over the past 30 years, Dr. Steven McKinion has hit a home run with his recent article discussing the young generation of up and coming Southern Baptists. I see myself in much of what Dr. McKinion has
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