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The Calvinists are here: a guest editorial by Gerald Harris

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*

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*

A Conversation on Gluttony: Part I by Mary England

So here we are at your (fill in state name) convention and as sure as the sun sets in the west someone is going to really show deem ol persnickety teatotelers a thing or two about a thing or two!  They are going to go the floor and present a motion on gluttony.  Take that you old dudes, you! “If we can’t have our alcohol you can’t have your Golden Corral!”  They are gonna pull out the scales and the measuring tapes to show just who the real sinners are in this here room.  They can tell by lookin’ at ya, don’t ya know.  You had better hit your knees in repentance while handing over the keys to these new young leaders so they can take over your positions and offices with their ipods, torn jeans and space age frappachino machines  >>>

SBC Tomorrow welcomes Mary England as Guest Contributor* 

Update on Norman Geisler's Objection to Mike Licona's View on Matthew's "resurrected saints" by Peter Lumpkins

 Below is Dr. Norman Geisler's latest summation of his principled objection toward the interpretation of "resurrected saints" (Matt. 27:53) in former North American Mission Board's in-house apologist, Dr. Mike Licona's latest book, The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach. Geisler argues that Licona's non-historical view of the "resurrected saints" de facto reduces to a denial of biblical inerrancy. While others may not, for my part, I find Geisler's common-sense case highly persuasive  >>>

The SBC Name Change and the Three R's by Ron Hale

  Solomon's practical wisdom remains unsurpassed: “There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, HCSB). Some would say that timing is everything!  Pierre Trudeau once said, "The essential ingredient of politics is timing.”  The “timing” of Southern Baptists being thrust into a name change debate seems a little odd or out of kilter – at least to me... >>>

SBC Tomorrow welcomes Ron Hale as guest Contributor*

Acts 29, Alcohol, and the Southern Baptist Convention by David Brumbelow

Today, SBC Tomorrow welcomes Texas pastor,  David Brumbelow as guest contributor. His article entitled "Acts 29, Alcohol, and the Southern Baptist Convention was first published on his site and posted at SBC Tomorrow by permission.. Thanks to Pastor Brumbelow for allowing us to post his timely article >>>

Three in One: An Essay on the Biblical Role of Elders by William Harrell

SBC Tomorrow welcomes William Harrell as guest contributor*

   Over the last several years there have been a number of changes which are causing confusion in Southern Baptist ranks.  Those changes, if incorporated into our Southern Baptist Zion, will make us look and act more like Presbyterians than Baptists.  I will not attempt to define what all those changes are, but I do want to focus on one in particular.  I have observed that many Baptist churches which try to institute the office of elder in their Baptist way of church life, find themselves suddenly embroiled in controversy.  This does not happen every time, but the problem arises frequently because good Baptist people realize that having the office of elder in their church is something outside the normal practice of our Baptist heritage...>>>

Nominal Southern Baptists and Exercises in Missing the Point by Howell Scott

SBC Tomorrow welcomes Howell Scott as guest contributor*

    Some of the Southern Baptist Convention’s best and brightest continue their on-going exercise in missing the point. The parallels between Congressional elites missing the point of the grassroots Tea Party Movement that began in the spring/summer of 2009 (culminating in one of the worst electoral defeats for the incumbent party in November 2010) and SBC elites missing the point of the growing grassroots movement of “traditional” Southern Baptists is astounding. However, that’s what elites do, regardless of their venue. They are masters of missing the point. And, when they do miss the point, they often try to rewrite the story or change the subject of the story altogether. Such is the case with two well-known leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention>>>

The Barbarians, the Bolsheviks, and the Baptists by Sam Houston

The guest essay below is written by a conservative Southern Baptist in the Southwest. The insight is stunning, reflecting a deep understanding of what’s happening in the Southern Baptist Convention. Read and absorb it with care.

With that, I am…

Peter

What is Your Price? by Luke Liechty, Guest Contributor

   What is your price? Do you have a price? You protest that you could NEVER be bought. Me thinks thou protesteth too much. I might add that I too would like to protest that I could NEVER be bought. But I know what I am about to write and so I do not protest...as much.

No Fire Hot Enough: by SelahV, Guest Contributor

Ever been through trials of fire?  Not the little inconveniences that annoy, nor the occasional aggravation of a disgruntled person.  No.  I mean a trial that when looking at it from a distance, you wonder how you survived it.  In its midst you felt as though you'd be consumed.  Yet, you endured; you persevered and God gained the glory for it.

What's So Wrong With Egalitarianism? by Chris Gilliam, Guest Contributor

There are many today, in an attempt to adapt to current cultural climate, who take issues with much of the historically held biblical doctrines.  One such doctrine is that of gender roles.  I do not assume or attempt to enter this dialog in the realm of full scholastic exchange; rather I would like to take a look at it from a pure Pauline expression of argumentation.

That Darn Calvin: A Response To Peter Lumpkins and Keith Schooley

       

I think dialog possesses the greatest potential for real communication.  Not debate, dialog.  For me, debate is like playing a ball game...a sporting event.  For example, when our Dawgs play their Vols in a sporting event, it's not to gain a better understanding of their team nor communicate our position.  It's to show them who's boss...to kick some butt...in short, to win.  And, to think that since it's "Christians" who debate, that they will not be in it for the competition it affords, is, from my vantage point, naive at best >>>