Medicine has come a long way in the last hundred years. Think about how many diseases have been cured that in the not-too-distant past would have meant either death or a life of misery and pain. God’s common grace has enabled people to research and discover medicines and techniques that save lives and improve the …
Last week, some of the dirty laundry of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) was put on full display. For those who read the report that was released by Guidepost and the Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF), it was a stark reminder of the brokenness that runs through the human heart. That was followed by the …
There has been a long-running debate in Christian circles over gender roles both in the home and in the church. This debate was one of the key issues in the conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention, and continues to be a major point of discussion today. Recently, Aimee Byrd wrote a book entitled Recovering …
Do We Need to Recover from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood? Read More »
One of my favorite lines from the film adaptation of The Hobbit is when the dwarves have all shown up at Bilbo’s house for their meeting with Gandalf, and they are ransacking the home. Gandalf arrives, and Bilbo immediately launches into a tirade on what the dwarves are doing to the house. He concludes by …
I have the joy of teaching adult Sunday School at our church. We offer a Core Seminar class that is based off of those offered by Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. And so every Sunday morning at 9:15, 15-20 of us gather to study. We recently began a long seminar on Systematic Theology. …
The American Church and the Desperate Need for Strong Theology Read More »
