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Al Mohler says to state editors: you must cover Calvinism (part II) by Peter Lumpkins

Following "Al Mohler says to state editors: you must cover Calvinism (part I)" is the final section below (not included here is the Q/A session). As before, while the words summarize sections from his address to Southern Baptist editors, the words are his own words (no commentary is added other than an occasional implied subject in brackets for clarity). I've sought to be true to the context. However, the reader may be pleased to know a transcription of his entire speech is available  >>>

Al Mohler says to state editors: you must cover Calvinism (part I) by Peter Lumpkins

On February 13-16, 2012, editors of denominational papers across the Southern Baptist Convention met in Phoenix, Arizona at the Chaparral Suites Hotel for their annual meeting. One of the keynote speakers was Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president, Al Mohler. For those who want to know what Dr. Mohler thinks about the role of Calvinism in Southern Baptist life now and the future, he does not disappoint  >>> 

Send North America: Who’s coming to St. Louis? NAMB or Acts 29? by Mary England

As a life-long St. Louisan I read with interest the recent Baptist Press article about NAMB's plan to plant 75 new churches in the St. Louis Metro Area. My initial thoughts were; where are they going to plant new churches, what about the struggling existing churches, and what kind of new churches?  >>>

SBC Tomorrow welcomes back Mary England as Guest Contributor*

Georgia Missionary says name change for Southern Baptists "unnecessary" by Peter Lumpkins

Dr. Eddy Rushing serves as associational missionary for the Northwest Georgia and Lookout Valley Baptist Associations in Rock Spring, perhaps the oldest association in Georgia. Recently, he wrote an opinion piece for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) concerning a potential name change for Southern Baptists >>>

Baptist Have Always Been Calvinists? by Peter Lumpkins

Recently, I contested Dr. Al Mohler's confidence that it was well into the twentieth century before any knowledgable person could dispute the theo-historical assertion that Baptists were anything but Calvinists. To be precise, Mohler is claimed to have said  >>>

SBC Voices on Dr. Steve Lemke: the sad decline in reasonable interaction from Calvinist critics by Peter Lumpkins

 I wrote on the Daviess-McLean Association recently, giving my thoughts about the matter. I cited in my piece the two-part series by Baptist theologian, Dr. Steve Lemke, who, in my view, offered the best and most helpful treatment on Southern Baptist blogs. If you missed reading Lemke’s reflections, you may find part I and part II enlightening as did I  >>>

How To Deal With Calvinism: The Arbuckle Answer

If you have read SBC Tomorrow at any length, you understand my personal position on Calvinism.  While I am not anti-Calvinist, I certainly self-profess to be Non-Calvinist.  The Canons of Dort do not define for me the Doctrines of Grace.  Nor do I sport an Arminian label though friends and foes alike think that is precisely the theological umbrella under which I stand >>>