After Presidential Search Team Chairman, Bill Bowyer, made public Midwestern's search team's policy of silence on its proposed presidential candidate, Jason K. Allen, more are calling on the search team to recognize the feeling multitudes of Southern Baptists have that we're not in Kansas any more, Toto. Far too many agendas and behind-the-curtain deals have gone down for a simplistic "just trust us" appeal to ring any truer than a hollow clang.1 >>>
Below is the content of an email response I received courtesy of Dr. Bill Bowyer, Senior Pastor of the Wake Cross Roads Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC, and Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to an inquiry I made to him pertaining to presidential nominee, Dr. Jason K. Allen. Even though I have deep reservations concerning the "hush-hush" approach taken by the search committee concerning Dr. Allen's theology (and will undoubtedly offer my reasons later), we nonetheless extend our sincere gratitude to Dr. Bowyer for his gracious, speedy, and open reply.1 >>>
Established in 1957, the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) became the latest of six stateside Southern Baptist theological institutions we support through the Cooperative Program. But will it be the first to belly up? Or, to put the query in more palatable terms, will MBTS perhaps be strategically absorbed into another Southern Baptist institution as a satellite campus?1 >>>
Below is the first review video in a short series on "Unconditional Election" in Whomever He Wills, the latest book on Calvinism from Founders Press. "Unconditional Election" is chapter three in the book and was written by Dr. Andrew Davis, Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church, Durham, North Carolina >>>
Below begins a series of my initial thoughts on the chapter concerning total depravity written by Dr. Mark DeVine in Whomever He Wills1. I hope my commentary is helpful and the video format useful2... >>>
UPDATE: Note: four parts are now available. Check out the links at the bottom of the post...
We linked to Dr. David Allen's introductory remarks concerning the newest release by Founders Press, Whomever He Wills, edited by Drs. Matthew Barrett and Thomas J. Nettles. Since Allen's opening remarks were posted, Dr. Fred Zaspel, author of the book's Preface which Allen critically engaged in his introductory remarks, has offered a brief response to Dr. Allen >>>
I just put up a new resource--a page containing articles from Southern Baptist media sources concerning the subject of Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention. Sources will include Baptist Press and all available state papers. No commentary is offered. Nor is the resource intended as a polemical tool. If the article was published by a Southern Baptist news venue, it qualified for the resource.
Check out the page (click here or look on the sidebar for a link there). It obviously is only a beginning. When it is finished, I hope it will be thorough even if not exhaustive. If you know of an article which would qualify, leave it in the comment thread and I'll add it.
In Whomever He Wills, Dr. Matthew Barrett writes in his chapter entitled, "The Scriptural Affirmation of Monergism" concerning the doctrinal significance of what has become known as regeneration precedes faith--or, in short, monergism. He writes:
I spoke with a friend on my way to Indy last week. He mentioned the amazing success he's had doing video book-notes posted on his site. I decided to give it a try. While I won't bind myself using this form of media, I hope to add it to the writing I do on SBC Tomorrow. It's actually a lot quicker than pecking out my thoughts on the keyboard. Whatever the case, I intend to continue communicating mainly through the written word >>>
Ronnie Rogers is pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Norman, OK. In Reflections of a Disenchanted Calvinist, Rogers speaks as no stranger to his subject. Indeed for years he embraced Calvinism but through systematic exposition of Scripture, he came to view the Reformed hermeneutical template a hindrance to understanding biblical revelation rather than a help >>>
Dr. Tom Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, spoke at the Founders Breakfast held during the 2012 Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans. The racial overtones indicative of a brief section in his address are surely unacceptable to Southern Baptists. And, if Dr. Richard Land's censure by trustees for his inappropriate racial remarks remains an adequate measure, shouldn't Southern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees also consider the analogy Dr. Nettles employed concerning the Calvinist divide in the Southern Baptist Convention worthy of at least some type of censure? Listen to the short clip below1 and you be the judge: >>>
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