SBC Tomorrow

What’s at Stake in the Southern Baptist Convention for the backlash against Russell Moore? A Response

Jake Raabe is a student at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas and columnist for The Baptist Standard, the news service affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Raabe recently wrote an opinion column entitled "Voices: What's at stake for the SBC in backlash against... Read more →

William Brackney on Baptist Theological Education: Premium but not Perfect

In William H. Brackney's A Genetic History of Baptist Thought, he offers the interested reader a veritable Who's Who of the movers and shakers in Baptist theological education in America beginning circa 1800. Chapters six & seven have a whopping 179 pages on the Baptist "Schoolmen." The lion's share obviously... Read more →

Esteemed Southern Baptist Historian, Thomas J. Nettles on the formation, decline, and comeback of the Southern Baptist Convention

source In 2014, Thomas J. Nettles retired as professor of historical theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he had taught since 1997. Dr. Nettles' theological instruction spanned a full 38 years in the classroom of various theological institutions including Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, and... Read more →

Another Calvinist icon apparently falls--Tom Chantry

source In the short span of three years, at least four icons among Calvinist super-stars seems to have fallen: C. J. Mahaney. Mark Driscoll. Tullian Tchividjian. And now, Tom Chantry. Of the four, it appears Driscoll is the moral cream of the crop. While he abused pastoral authority and was... Read more →