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A Passion Week Meditation by Peter Lumpkins

"The whole life of Christ was a continual Passion; others die martyrs but Christ was born a martyr. He found a Golgotha even in Bethlehem, where he was born; for to his tenderness then the straws were almost as sharp as thorns after, and the manger as uneasy at first... Read more →

SelahV: Servant Ministry or Blogging-Mania? by Peter Lumpkins

SelahV just posted an interesting challenge to Tony Kummer at SBC Voices. She writes in her latest post, “I think it would be a great thing for the final four SBC bloggers who were honored enough to be listed in the competition, to declare Michael Spencer the Honorary winner of... Read more →

"Whosoever Will" Getting Good Press by Peter Lumpkins

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, reviews are beginning to come in with positive results. The Southern Baptist TEXAN... Read more →

Love Being Pops by Peter Lumpkins

Children are a double blessing from the Lord... Grandchildren are easily a triple... What a thrill being "Pops" With that, I am... Peter Read more →

Whosoever Will: Off to a Good Start by Peter Lumpkins

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.... Read more →

Troy Gramling Responds by Peter Lumpkins

Raul Palacios, Executive Pastor, Flamingo Road Church (FRC), Cooper City, Florida, and husband to Heather Palacios, teaching Pastor at FRC, posted a link to Lead Pastor, Troy Gramling’s response to questions raised concerning the recent announcement about his nomination to presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastor’s Conference. We thank... Read more →

0.18% CP Giving and Women Pastors: This is a Very Big Deal by Peter Lumpkins

Some believe Vice-President Joe Biden puts the curse on anything he touches. Literally. Introducing the President, Biden’s euphoria overshadowed his brain by expressing a profanity even national TV still abhors and bleeps—the F-bomb.... Scripture teaches us to both respect and pray for our “higher powers” (Rom. 13:1; 1 Tim.2:2). Admittedly,... Read more →

The Conservative Resurgence, Girly Men, and the Southern Baptist Convention by Peter Lumpkins

I could easily make a list of the Conservative Resurgence leaders who placed it all on the line beginning in 1979 to stand for a principled position they believed in—The Flag of Biblical Inspiration, Biblical Inerrancy. Men like Paige Patterson... Adrian Rogers, Charles Stanley, Jerry Vines, Morris Chapman, James Draper,... Read more →

The SBC Pastors' Conference: Nominations Begin by Peter Lumpkins

Well, the nominations just started for president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastor's Conference. Off the line first--Troy Gramling, lead pastor of Flamingo Road Church in Cooper City Florida (//link)... . According to the Florida Baptist Witness, John Cross, pastor of South Biscayne Church in North Port, and president of... Read more →

Alcohol & The Church: A Three Part Series by Peter Lumpkins

I wanted to connect the readers at SBC Tomorrow to a mini-series I wrote, and Baptist Press picked up. And, since Baptist Press is the official news wire service of the Southern Baptist Convention, other news and editorial web communities select many of the articles and post them on their... Read more →

Spike and Little Chester: The Perfect Picture of James White & Founders Ministries by Peter Lumpkins

What do Hyper-Calvinist James White (pp.95-96, footnotes 103-105) and Founders Ministries have in common? It's hard to put in words. But the little cartoon below says bunches. Enjoy... With that, I am... Peter Read more →

Seminary Enrollment: Do the Numbers Reveal Decline? by Peter Lumpkins

I just finished scanning the student enrollment for Southern Baptists' six seminaries beginning in the academic year, 2005-06. Honestly, I am unsure what the numbers finally reveal. However, some of the statistics I found remarkable. For example, the "head-count" enrollment for four of our six seminaries was less in the... Read more →

The Great Commission Task Force Report: The Debate Begins by Peter Lumpkins

As most every other Southern Baptist who has kept pace with the happenings in and around the Southern Baptist Convention for the past few years, I watched with anticipation Chairman Ronnie Floyd’s presentation of the progress report to the Executive Committee last week. I had some initial responses I thought... Read more →

Does Southern Cooking Produce the Worst Obesity? by Peter Lumpkins

We southerners often get dubbed as lard-belly fat boys because of our unhealthy obsession with southern fried chicken, hog jowls, salt pork, ham-n-biscuits, sweet potato pie, buttery cornbread, and three-pound BBQ sandwiches. I mean, come on. Can we not enjoy any of the pleasures of life as Christians? Well now... Read more →

Isn't "Reformed" Baptist Just a Modern Rendition of "Primitive" Baptist? by Peter Lumpkins

Last week, I wrote this statement: "Particularly, two influential blogging Calvinists appear to have made it a life-mission to smear Ergun Caner’s life and ministry in the mud-hole of deception: Tom Ascol, Southern Baptist pastor and Executive Director of Founders Ministries, and James White, Primitive Baptist preacher and Reformed Baptist... Read more →