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Tom Ascol: "I have no interest in participating in any such disunity" by Peter Lumpkins

Apparently, a group of Southern Baptists who have a genuine concern for the rise of "New Calvinism" have been busily but quietly putting together a fairly sophisticated theological document which contends with the visible resurgence of strict Calvinistic soteriology within Southern Baptist ranks. From all indication, they were almost ready to release a document to the general public. But Tom Ascol, Director of Founders Ministries, the largest network of Baptist Calvinists in the SBC, evidently got hold of the document before they were ready to release it and decided to... Read more →

Reformed Theology coming under more published scrutiny by Peter Lumpkins

The publication of Whosoever Will (edted by Drs. David Allen and Steve Lemke) was the result of The John 3:16 Conference held at the Woodstock First Baptist Church November 6-7, 2008. Contra some Southern Baptist Calvinists' unwavering confidence, the scholarly contributions in Whosoever Will demonstrated that Reformed theology is not the only, viable theological kid on the block. In fact, the composite thrust of the contributors to Whosoever Will makes it fairly clear that strict Calvinism as a system must be abandoned for a more robust biblicism >>> Since the... Read more →

9 year old stands up to Westboro Baptist's homo-hatred

NPR reports about 9 year old, Josef Miles, who stood up to Westboro Baptist Church's hate-filled protest against "fags" with his own personal protest--"GOD HATES NO ONE." Below is a picture courtesy of his mother, Patty Akrouche, who posted the pic on facebook, a pic now shared over 100k times. And we think protests don't work any more... Josef Miles (photo courtesy of Patty Akrouche) Read more →

Homosexual hatred justly condemned

Close to a cool three-quarters of a million viewers have watched a minute and a half clip of Charles Worley's Mother's Day sermon uploaded to youtube. I suspect every pastor would like that kind of traffic on a sermon he'd preach >>> However, the longtime pastor at Providence Road Baptist Church, a "King James Only" independent Baptist church in Maiden, North Carolina,1 did not receive the views he did because of his magnificent preaching skills. Instead, he got viewed for the hatred he spewed about homosexuals: ...the Bible's against it... Read more →

I was saved through a sinner's prayer by Peter Lumpkins

Recently, the tattered, torn cloth of easy believism was draped once again over the shoulders of Southern Baptists by one of the young new lights shining among evangelicals—David Platt. He said in a “talk” excerpt at Verge 2012: “Making disciples is the supernatural overflow of being a disciple. Proclaiming the love of Christ is the overflow of sharing in the life of Christ. And I’m convinced many people in our churches are simply missing the life of Christ. And a lot of it has to do with what we’ve sold... Read more →

One of our family's enjoyable pleasures...

Kathy and I have enjoyed water features since the earliest days of our marriage. When we lived in our loft in downtown Atlanta, we awakened to the sound of a six foot waterfall every morning. Friends who visited us said they felt like they were on vacation... Each fall, Kathy and I anticipate going to Home Depot and checking out their annual clearance sale on their fountains which are generally 60-75% off the original price. Below is one we picked up last year and recently setup in the front yard.... Read more →

Rick Warren's absurd call for Al Mohler to apologize by Peter Lumpkins

Al Mohler's recent post entitled "Is the Megachurch the New Liberalism?" raised questions not only concerning megachurch pastor, Andy Stanley, and his all-but implicit acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle, but Mohler also drew fire from unsuspecting critics1 >>> Legendary Saddleback pastor, Rick Warren, did not just take issue with Al Mohler's piece; rather the father of the purpose-driven movement called for the seminary president to apologize for unduly offending thousands of churches for the lone reason the church happened to be big. Reportedly, Warren tweeted to Mohler: @albertmohler Would a... Read more →

Authentic: The Case for Mark 16:9-20 by guest contributor James Snapp, Jr.

A fairly hot topic of discussion when I was in seminary (1980s) was whether the longer ending of Mark's gospel was authentic or a later scribal addition >>> Perhaps the discussion escalated among Southern Baptists during the 1980s because of the flag under which the Conservative Resurgence marched ahead to battle--inerrancy. Whatever the reason for the arisen interest, there has been continual discussion among textual critics concerning many passages in the New Testament. And to be quite honest, perhaps no passage of Holy Writ draws more unity from the broadest... Read more →

Al Mohler, Homosexuality, and the "New Liberalism" by Peter Lumpkins

Last week, I raised the question concerning Andy Stanley’s perplexing story about a gay couple in his church. I wrote: Stanley tells the story of a couple who divorced while members of his church. The issue was, the husband had fallen in love with another man... The problem is, not once in the entire story did Stanley question the homosexual relationship the two men experienced. Instead he questioned whether or not the men could serve in their Buckhead branch since one of the men was still married... Stanley questioned the... Read more →