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Susan Burke represents plaintiffs against C.J. Mahaney and Sovereign Grace Ministries in sexual offenses lawsuit

A well-known litigator for sexual abuse claims is representing the three female plaintiffs who filed sexual abuse claims against Sovereign Grace Ministries and new Calvinist celebrity icon, C.J. Mahaney   >>>

C.J. Mahaney's ministry move to Louisville did not spare them a Maryland lawsuit

Reportedly, Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), a ministry founded by high-profile Calvinist celebrity, C.J. Mahaney, is awaiting the official serving of a lawsuit filed in Maryland by three unnamed female plaintiffs. According to Bob Allen of Associated Baptist Press,   >>>

Another Texas pastor sends an Open Letter to Midwestern trustees

Following on the heels of Texas pastor Steve Brumbelow's open letter to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees expressing his concern over the search committee's disappointing announcement that Dr. Jason K. Allen would be nominated as the seminary's fifth president, Rodney Hammer, Executive Director of Missions for the Blue River-Kansas City Association, sent his own public dissent to the trustees expressing his disagreement with the Allen nomination, a disagreement coming from the very cradle of Midwestern's influence.¹  Now, yet another open letter reaches the trustees this week...    >>>

Texas pastor Steve Brumbelow sends an Open Letter to Midwestern trustees

Posting verifiable information about Dr. Jason K. Allen, trustee search committee nominee to become the fifth president at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has inspired some pastors to research for themselves whether the proposed candidate constitutes an acceptable nominee and conclude contra the search committee it does not.   >>>

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Trustees beginning to get letters

Pastors are already utilizing Midwestern's trustee list posted on the site by writing a letter not only to trustees they know, but also every trustee on the board. Additionally included by some pastors are copies sent to all SBC Executive Board members   >>>

No answers about Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary presidential candidate Jason K. Allen's theology until after trustees vote by Peter Lumpkins

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   >>>

Courting Disaster: The Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary: Part I by Peter Lumpkins

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  >>>

Monergism.com snubs two Southern seminary professors' book by Peter Lumpkins

Drs. Peter J. Gentry (PhD, University of Toronto), professor of Old Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and director of the Hexapla Institute, and Stephen J. Wellum (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), professor of Christian theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, just released their latest volume, Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants, to high-five accolades from a broad swath of pleased supporters within the Reformed community   >>>

Response to Whomever He Wills: Part II by David Allen

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   >>>

Preaching "Regeneration precedes faith" deadly for Baptists in the Mississippi Valley in the 19th century by Peter Lumpkins

   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:

Jonathan Merritt outed as gay? by Peter Lumpkins

UPDATE #3: Jonathan Merritt shares his tragic story with Ed Stetzer. Apparently, Azariah Southworth was not bluffing Southworth also posted an update...

UPDATE #2: Ken Silva at Apprising Ministries offers a similar perspective to what I've offered here.  Silva apparently personally talked with Azariah Southworth. Note also he writes of his decision to post the article: "The story had already hit the Internet and it’s only a matter of time before it would be widespread..." Precisely. I discovered Southworth's post via a pingback to one of my posts on Jonathan Merritt. (//link)

Tom Nettles concerning Calvinists "drinking from the same water fountain" as do Traditionalists by Peter Lumpkins

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:  >>> 

Tom Nettles and the takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention (part II) by Peter Lumpkins

In part I, we rehearsed the historical relationship Dr. Tom Nettles, professor of historical theology, at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has had with Founders Ministries since its inception in 1982. Nettles still sits on the board of directors for Founders Ministries. Nor has Dr. Nettles been rhetorically shy about stating in forceful language precisely how he sees those Traditional Baptists who deviate from what Director of Founders Ministries, Tom Ascol, has called "historic Southern Baptist Orthodoxy." Nettles wrote: >>>

Founders Calvinist Tom Nettles and the takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention (part I) by Peter Lumpkins

Kentucky pastor and SBC Voices contributor, Jared Moore posed a series of questions to "Traditionalists" about the address Dr. Tom Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, recently gave at the Founders Breakfast held during the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans. >>>

We're down to 2 Point Calvinism by Peter Lumpkins

This week was an interesting week on SBC Tomorrow. On Wednesday, we offered a piece on Andrew Broaddus (1770-1848), a legendary figure in his own time...   >>>