Recently, David Platt made some controversial statements pertaining to asking Jesus into one's heart. At a talk during Verge 2012, Platt said >>>
Recently, David Platt made some controversial statements pertaining to asking Jesus into one's heart. At a talk during Verge 2012, Platt said >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on May 18, 2012 at 07:03 AM in Baptist distinctives, Baptist personalities, church growth, evangelism, missions, SBC, SBC issues, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Apr 06, 2012 at 06:18 AM in Acts 29 Network, Baptist personalities, ethics, evangelicalism, evangelism, Liberty University, marriage & family, misogyny | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Below are two videos. Both are nutty. Both are extreme. Both miserably represent the Christian faith. Both display Scripture abuse. Both claim biblical authority. Both reveal perversion. Both have representatives in evangelicalism. There is at least one difference. One is rejected as extreme nuttiness by virtually every sector of the Christian church. The other is accepted by a large portion of evangelicalism--including many Southern Baptists--as hip, cool, and doing a great work for God. Guess who is hip and cool and who are considered nuts >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Mar 08, 2012 at 08:16 AM in Acts 29 Network, Baptist distinctives, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Baptist Press, Calvinism, church growth, church planting, contextualization, ecclesiology, emergent emerging emergent church, evangelicalism, evangelism, gospel-centered, hermeneutics, humor, Liberty University, Lifeway, NAMB, religion, SBC, SBC issues, scholarship, snake handling, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, southern culture, theology, Young Restless and Reformed, YRR | Permalink | Comments (24)
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On March 1st, I posted a piece entitled "Rick Warren's bridge to Mecca" tenatively concluding that if Jim Hinch, journalist with the Orange County Register, characterized Warren correctly, "perhaps it's time to officially end any left-over love affairs with Saddleback"1 >>>
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Mar 07, 2012 at 11:02 AM in Baptist personalities, ecclesiology, evangelicalism, evangelism, Lifeway, Muslim, religion, Saddleback, Scripture, theology | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Yesterday, I posted a short piece entitled "Rick Warren's bridge to Mecca" wherein I quoted a reputable news outlet in Orange County, California. A piece written by journalist, Jim Hinch, entitled "Rick Warren builds a bridge to Muslims" concluded Rick Warren and Saddleback church were apparently building a bridge far too close to Mecca's theological borders "acknowledging that Christians and Muslims worship the same God" >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Mar 02, 2012 at 05:09 PM in Baptist personalities, contextualization, evangelicalism, evangelism, heresy, Lifeway, Muslim, religion, Saddleback | Permalink | Comments (7)
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A story in the Boston Globe reports that Liberty University is among the top candidates in purchasing the old Northfield Mount Hermon School campus, Northfield, MA, a campus purchased in 2009 by Oklahoma tycoons, The David Green Family (think Hobby Lobby) >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Mar 01, 2012 at 03:13 PM in Acts 29 Network, Baptist personalities, evangelicalism, evangelism, Liberty University, non-Calvinism, scholarship | Permalink | Comments (14)
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UPDATE: the word is LifeWay is preparing a detailed response to Gerald Harris' essay and is scheduled to post this evening on Baptist Press. I'm anticipating precisely what facts in the essay LifeWay intends to dispute.
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Below is the current editorial in The Christian Index, the Georiga Baptist Convention's state paper. Dr. Gerald Harris has served as editor of The Christian Index since May 2003. We happily publish by permission Dr. Harris' latest editoral, "The Calvinists are here" >>>
SBC Tomorrow welcomes Gerald Harris as guest contributor*
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Feb 10, 2012 at 05:21 AM in Acts 29 Network, Baptist distinctives, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, Cooperative Program, denominational politics, ecclesiology, evangelicalism, evangelism, gender issues, Georgia Baptist Convention, gospel-centered, guest contributors, Lifeway, NAMB, non-Calvinism, Peter Lumpkins, preaching, Radical Reformation, Radical Reformers, Reformation, Reformed Baptist, salvation, SBC, SBC issues, SBC name change, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The Christian Index, theology, TULIP, Young Restless and Reformed, YRR | Permalink | Comments (12)
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Dr. Roy Hargrave is the Senior Pastor of the Riverbend Community Church in Ormond Beach, Florida. I profiled him and the Riverbend church last summer. Below is proof positive that not all strong, convinced Calvinists are cut from the same mold. Listen to the excerpt as Dr. Hargrave preaches on "Serious Business" >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Feb 09, 2012 at 02:04 PM in Acts 29 Network, Baptist distinctives, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, ecclesiology, evangelicalism, evangelism, Founders Ministries, Free Church theology, gospel-centered, NewSpring Church, non-Calvinism, Pastors' Conference, preaching, Reformed Baptist, Riverbend Community Church, salvation, SBC, SBC issues, sermons, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, theology, Young Restless and Reformed, YRR | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Dr. Mark Rathel is Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at The Baptist College of Florida. Rathel is a graduate of William Carey (B.A.), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div, Ph.D), and Biola University (M.A.) >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Jan 11, 2012 at 05:24 PM in Arminianism, Calvinism, determinism, evangelicalism, evangelism, Florida Baptist Witness, Irresistible Grace, Limited Atonement, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Particular Baptists, Perseverance of the Saints, philosophy of religion, Reformed Baptist, salvation, SBC, SBC issues, scholarship, Separate Baptists, sovereignty, The Baptist College of Florida, TULIP, Unconditional Election, Young Restless and Reformed, YRR | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Below is a little parable I created about two men--Sam and Jack. Perhaps the parable may offer some insight into why many non-Calvinists frequently express that, in their view, strict Calvinism insincerely offers the gospel >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Jan 09, 2012 at 07:49 AM in Calvinism, evangelism, gospel, non-Calvinism | Permalink | Comments (45)
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Below is a quote from a paper entitled "Salvation and the Sovereignty of God: The Great Commission as the Expression of the Divine Will"1 by Dr. Kenneth Keathley, Professor of Theology, Dean of the Faculty, and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Keathley's blog is here) >>>
Continue reading "Calvinism's "deep, dark, dirty little secret" by Peter Lumpkins" »
Posted by peter lumpkins on Jan 03, 2012 at 04:11 PM in Baptist personalities, Calvinism, evangelism, free will, Molinism, salvation, SBC, SBC issues, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, sovereignty, Unconditional Election, Young Restless and Reformed, YRR | Permalink | Comments (30)
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UPDATE: Kentucky pastor, Jared Moore, has put up a piece responding to this post; or, in his words, a "calling out." I do not mind sincere critics. Critics assist us to be better authors and better researchers, and even hone our own critical skills. I try to be accurate and careful in my assertions and/or inferences I make from the data at my disposal. I also make links available or offer proper citations for the data from which I draw my conclusions. Hence, if I overreach in my conclusions, the public has the sources I cite to evaluate for themselves. I can and have made wrong inferences from the data available, and when it is shown I have, the only thing to do is admit it and learn from it and move on >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Dec 13, 2011 at 11:16 AM in Baptist personalities, evangelism, IMB, missions, SBC, SBC issues, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, stewardship, Wine & Social Drinking | Permalink | Comments (27)
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Frequently, one hears a critique of Southern Baptists which goes something like this:Southern Baptists have been excellent at getting disciples but lousy at making disciples. We have been good at baptisms but bad at developing those baptized. We have done well in evangelism but poor in discipleship.
Perhaps if I think hard enough, I will recall echoes of my own voice in those criticisms >>>
Continue reading "Evangelism or Discipleship: a false dichotomy? by Peter Lumpkins" »
Posted by peter lumpkins on Nov 20, 2011 at 06:28 PM in Baptist personalities, evangelism, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, SBC, SBC issues | Permalink | Comments (4)
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An official at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Russ Moore reprised on Oct. 28, 2011 a 2008 Baptist Press editorial wherein he decries his perceived deficiencies of Judgement House ministries. Below is his editorial, and then my response to it.
Norm Miller
Posted by peter lumpkins on Nov 05, 2011 at 08:05 AM in Baptist Press, evangelism | Permalink | Comments (21)
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J. D. Payne serves as a National Missionary with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and an Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism in the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today's Questions ($17.99 Biblica Publishing, 2011) answers questions about evangelism from an admittedly Calvinistic perspective (47) >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Jul 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM in Baptist personalities, book reviews, Calvinism, evangelism, free will, gospel, missions, philosophy of religion, salvation, SBC, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, sovereignty, Total Depravity, TULIP | Permalink | Comments (7)
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