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.) >>>
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 document circulated in 1827 to Baptists in North Carolina. All our Southern Baptist brothers who love the "Reformed" moniker may want to consider this document before they so boldly testify, "I'm a Reformed Baptist" >>>
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Posted by peter lumpkins on May 19, 2011 at 01:13 PM in Baptist history, Calvinism, ecclesiology, evangelism, humor, Hyper-Calvinism, missions, North Carolina Baptists, Particular Baptists, Reformed Baptist | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Recently, Baptist theologian Malcolm Yarnell put up a brief review of Fullerism as Opposed to Calvinism: A Historical and Theological Comparison of the Missiology of Andrew Fuller and John Calvin (hereafter “Fullerism”) by A. Chadwick Mauldin ($12.80 Wipf & Stock Publishers, Eugene, OR, 130 pages). With a Foreword written by Michael A.G. Haykin, Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Mauldin offers an invigorating proposal to contemporary Baptists—perhaps especially to those Baptists among us who insist on making Calvinism proper the theological benchmark for orthodoxy within our specific theological heritage…>>>
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Apr 18, 2011 at 10:20 AM in Baptist distinctives, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, book reviews, Calvinism, evangelicalism, evangelism, Founders Ministries, gospel, Hyper-Calvinism, Particular Baptists, Reformed Baptist, salvation, SBC issues, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, theology, TULIP | Permalink | Comments (14)
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As I posted late last week, Whosoever Will: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Five-Point Calvinism edited by Drs. David Allen and Steve Lemke and published by B&H Publishing Group is already on backorder (//link). More good news is,
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Mar 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM in Baptist distinctives, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, church growth, evangelism, gospel, Hyper-Calvinism, Irresistible Grace, John 3:16 Conference, Limited Atonement, Molinism, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, non-Calvinism, Particular Baptists, Perseverance of the Saints, philosophy of religion, regeneration, salvation, SBC, SBC issues, scholarship, Separate Baptists, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, sovereignty, theology, Total Depravity, TULIP, Unconditional Election | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)
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Looks as if Whosoever Will: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Five-Point Calvinism edited by Drs. David Allen and Steve Lemke and published by B&H Publishing Group is already on backorder. I'm told the first printing of Whosoever
Will sold out in two weeks. B&H is scurrying to get a second
printing.
It appears the wait time is 4-6 weeks.
Whosoever thinks the young, restless, and Reformed coddling among Southern Baptists is not getting the attention of the grassroots Southern Baptist Convention may need to rethink their proposition.
Our congratulations to Drs. Allen and Lemke as well as all the contributors to the volume. Your essays benefit the theo-biblical health of the SBC more than you realize.
With that, I am...
Peter
Posted by peter lumpkins on Mar 27, 2010 at 10:52 AM in Baptist distinctives, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, Founders Ministries, Hyper-Calvinism, John 3:16 Conference, Limited Atonement, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, non-Calvinism, Particular Baptists, philosophy of religion, Predestination, salvation, SBC, SBC issues, scholarship, Separate Baptists, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, southern culture, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, sovereignty, theology, Total Depravity, TULIP, Unconditional Election | Permalink | Comments (23) | TrackBack (0)
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One week away, November 6-7, The John 3:16 Conference (J316) will be held at the Woodstock First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Georgia. Some have wondered whether or not the conference would succeed. Evidently, J316 has not only settled that ambiguity, registration is now limited:
"Registration for the conference with meals has ended due to reaching capacity. You may still register for the conference only."
Posted by peter lumpkins on Oct 31, 2008 at 08:10 AM in Baptist distinctives, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, evangelism, Founders Ministries, free will, Irresistible Grace, John 3:16 Conference, Limited Atonement, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, non-Calvinism, Particular Baptists, Perseverance of the Saints, Predestination, SBC issues, Separate Baptists, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, sovereignty, theology, Total Depravity, TULIP, Unconditional Election | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (0)
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Today I continue with the review of “Sandy Creek Revisited” the latest issue of Founders Journal. Dr. Tom Ascol, Founders Journal Editor, hailed this issue as a fresh new look at Sandy Creek and one that would offer some ground-breaking analysis for us to consider...>>>
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Jan 31, 2007 at 10:37 AM in Arminianism, Baptist bloggers, Baptist distinctives, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, book reviews, Calvinism, Founders Ministries, free will, non-Calvinism, North Carolina Baptists, Particular Baptists, SBC, SBC issues, Separate Baptists, theology, TULIP | Permalink | Comments (12) | TrackBack (0)
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For the next few posts, I intend to offer a brief critique of the latest Founders Journal entitled "Sandy Creek Revisited." Editor, Dr. Tom Ascol, writes of this issue that:
"It analyzes aspects of the Sandy Creek tradition in fresh ways. Tom Nettles has an excellent article on Shubal Stearns that is taken from volume 2 of his work on The Baptists. Gene Bridges also has a ground-breaking article on the sociological differences between the "Charlestonians" and "Sandy Creekers." This is one issue that you will want to have on hand the next time you have a discussion about Southern Baptist origins" >>>
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Jan 28, 2007 at 10:26 PM in Arminianism, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, book reviews, Calvinism, Founders Ministries, free will, non-Calvinism, North Carolina Baptists, Particular Baptists, SBC, SBC issues, Separate Baptists, TULIP | Permalink | Comments (16) | TrackBack (0)
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My last post concluded that Doctor Jesse Mercer stands one heck of a Baptist in not only Georgia history but also in Southern Baptist history. We saw how Mercer's capable leadership handled potentially devastating circumstances when dealing with debates over Election and Predestination. These debates were common both prior to and after the Southern Baptist Convention was formed in 1845, an historical phenomenon our Founders brothers appear to ignore >>>
Posted by peter lumpkins on Jan 21, 2007 at 06:28 PM in Arminianism, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, Founders Ministries, non-Calvinism, Particular Baptists, SBC, Separate Baptists, theology, TULIP | Permalink | Comments (10) | TrackBack (0)
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Jesse Mercer (1769-1841) was a key Baptist leader in the state of Georgia. Standing taller than perhaps all others during his day, he strategized the forming of the Georgia Baptist Convention, played a key role in establishing Mercer University and purchased "The Christian Index" and gave it to Georgia Baptists for promotional purposes. Dr. Mercer generously supported missions as well as served as a missionary himself. In addition, he pastored several churches and planted at least one--The First Baptist Church, Washington, GA...>>>
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Jan 17, 2007 at 08:15 AM in Arminianism, Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, free will, Particular Baptists, SBC, SBC issues, Separate Baptists | Permalink | Comments (23) | TrackBack (0)
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Today, I post part two of a two part series entitled "Calvinism: Herschel Hobbs & Timothy George." I thank The Alabama Baptist once again for permitting me to post this essay written by Dr. Timothy George originally published by them July 13, 1995 entitled "Amazing Love, Amazing Grace."
Dr. George presently is Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama. He is a longtime Southern Baptist and an outspoken advocate of Calvinism's return in the SBC. Being a prolific writer, his works include "Baptist Theologians" as well as "Theology of the Reformers."
And, though his speciality is historical theology, Dr. George demonstrates able Biblical scholarship with his commentary on Galatians in the New American Commentary series. Today's essay originally appeared on the heels of Dr. Hobbs' editorial in The Alabama Baptist...>>>
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Dec 11, 2006 at 08:09 AM in Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, Founders Ministries, free will, non-Calvinism, Particular Baptists, SBC, SBC issues, Separate Baptists, TULIP | Permalink | Comments (21) | TrackBack (0)
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Today is posted the first of two essays originally published in The Alabama Baptist in 1995. We thank that paper for their generosity in giving permission to post these essays here. I am following the order in which the essays first appeared in the original publication >>>
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Posted by peter lumpkins on Dec 04, 2006 at 12:01 AM in Baptist history, Baptist personalities, Calvinism, free will, non-Calvinism, Particular Baptists, SBC, SBC issues, sovereignty, theology, TULIP | Permalink | Comments (36) | TrackBack (0)
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