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Courageous Prophesy or Cowardly Diplomacy? by Peter Lumpkins

Some men call on the church today to be kind...gentle...friendly...unoffensive to a narcissistic culture obsessed with self-destructive hedonism. A.W. Tozer speaks: We who preach the gospel must not think of ourselves as public relations agents sent to establish good will between Christ and the world. We must not imagine ourselves commissioned to make Christ acceptable to big business, the press, the world of sports or modern education. We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum. Preachers of the Word! Let Tozer sink... Read more →

Thanksgiving in Florida: A First for our Family by Peter Lumpkins

Our family did a first this year: we all met up in Santa Rosa and are spending Thanksgiving on the water. Tomorrow, we'll have the usual bird & all the homemade trimmings to celebrate God's blessings on our family. Our only regret is our son, daughter (i-l), and little grandson could not make the trek from Norrkoping, Sweden to be with the rest of the gang. I trust all to have a glorious Thanksgiving season. With that, I am... Peter Read more →

E-Harmony or God's Sovereignty? by Peter Lumpkins

ApologetiX** has an interesting interpretation of Isaac's pursuit of a bride. Enjoy. R U Gonna Be Ike's Girl?With that, I am... Peter check out ApologetiX on the web, a musical group with amazing talents... Read more →

Is There No Balm in Gilead? Where are our Physicians, Southern Baptists? by Peter Lumpkins

"Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?" (Jer 8:22). Gilead was the Mayo Clinic of the ancient world, a mountainous region east of the Jordon valley, famous for its healing salve made from the gum of an anonymous tree. Medicine men were in abundance (Gen 37:25; Jer 46:11). But healing for Israel was rare. Judah's crops failed; her harvests past. And she remained unsaved (8:20). For this, God is astonished. The Sovereign expresses... Read more →

Let Love Be: A Brief Exposition on Romans 12:9-13 by Peter Lumpkins

I ran across pulpit notes on a sermon from Romans 12 I preached several years ago. The passage is incredibly inspiring. Below is a short impromptu from my handwritten notes. With that, I am... Peter Read more →

Friday Mishmash by Peter Lumpkins

Below are some unrelated items of interest over the past couple weeks. No particular order. Just interesting--at least to me. 1 Last January, I committed an unpardonable sin in the eyes of some young Southern Baptists: I wrote a post which raised questions concerning what I still believe to be sub-Christian ministry methods of Mark Driscoll (//link). If you'd like an entertaining display of just how irrevocably passionate Driscoll lovers are, check out the short but revealing exchange I recently had over a simple quote I offered from Driscoll---- here...................... Read more →

Destruction Therapy, the Cooperative Program and the Southern Baptist Convention by Peter Lumpkins

About a year or so ago, Fox News ran a story on a therapeutic phenomenon known as Destruction Therapy (//link). The therapeutic idea is both primitive and simple: "fix" yourself by freely destroying something else (//link). Of interest to me is the possible parallel between the proposed method Destruction Therapy therapists advocate for securing psychological health and some Southern Baptist leaders who advocate similar measures to "fix" the Southern Baptist Convention. Below is a flick which captures perfectly what some seem to want for the Southern Baptist Convention. With that,... Read more →

How Infathomable the Humanity of Christ: Mark Driscoll vs. G. C. Berkouwer

As I read Scripture, I'm struck with the profundity with which God's revelatory Word unfolds the Eternal Word made human flesh. Below are two quotes. You be the judge as to which snippet solicits from your spirit awe and wonder concerning God's Savior in Jesus Christ. "The point in all this is, had we seen Jesus as a man, we would have seen a normal guy carrying his lunch box in one hand and a tool box in the other heading off to work. He did normal things that actual... Read more →

Baptist Calvinism is Exclusively Five Point Calvinism: Or is it? by Peter Lumpkins

A fundamental truism concerning Calvinism among Founders Ministries advocates is, real Calvinism is definitively five-point Calvinism. Indeed their view many times reduces to "One may be Calvinistic in his or her theology and not hold to five-point Calvinism, but one is not a genuine Calvinist who does not specifically hold to five-point Calvinism." Further, Founders Ministries advocates historically deduce Calvinism (keep in mind what genuine Calvinism is!) was all but unanimous in 19th Century Baptist life, particularly among the influential Baptists who became the "Founders" of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Read more →

Agreed: Have a Fun Week by Peter Lumpkins

Let's have some fun this week, shall we? With that, I am... Peter Read more →