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What Is Wrong With the Young, Restless and Reformed Movement? An Interpretive Essay by Dr. Paul Owen

Below is a solicited essay by Dr. Paul Owen. Dr. Owen is Professor of Greek and Religious Studies at Montreat College in North Carolina, where he has taught since 2001. Founded in 1916, Montreat College is the only liberal arts college in North Carolina that holds membership in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Dr. Owen’s academic articles and book reviews have been published in numerous venues, including the Calvin Theological Journal, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Journal of Biblical Literature, and Journal for the Study of the... Read more →

Augustine and Southern Baptists Part 5: Augustine's Exegetical and Hermeutical Method by Dr. Jim Gifford

Dr. Jim Gifford This next-to-last post will examine the exegetical and hermeneutical method Augustine employs in constructing his teachings on grace and providence. Before I begin, I want to state my deep indebtedness to Donato Ogliari and his fine work Gratia et Certamen [Grace and Struggle]. Most of the real research in this section is his and I have only summarized it. One may wonder why this section comes later in this series of posts than his assumptions and the examination of the sources of those assumptions. It should be... Read more →

The Calvinists are here: a guest editorial by Gerald Harris

UPDATE: the word is LifeWay is preparing a detailed response to Gerald Harris' essay and is scheduled to post this evening on Baptist Press. I'm anticipating precisely what facts in the essay LifeWay intends to dispute. ======================= Below is the current editorial in The Christian Index, the Georiga Baptist Convention's state paper. Dr. Gerald Harris has served as editor of The Christian Index since May 2003. We happily publish by permission Dr. Harris' latest editoral, "The Calvinists are here" >>> SBC Tomorrow welcomes Gerald Harris as guest contributor* John Calvin... Read more →

A Conversation on Gluttony: Part I by Mary England

So here we are at your (fill in state name) convention and as sure as the sun sets in the west someone is going to really show deem ol persnickety teatotelers a thing or two about a thing or two! They are going to go the floor and present a motion on gluttony. Take that you old dudes, you! “If we can’t have our alcohol you can’t have your Golden Corral!” They are gonna pull out the scales and the measuring tapes to show just who the real sinners are... Read more →

Update on Norman Geisler's Objection to Mike Licona's View on Matthew's "resurrected saints" by Peter Lumpkins

Below is Dr. Norman Geisler's latest summation of his principled objection toward the interpretation of "resurrected saints" (Matt. 27:53) in former North American Mission Board's in-house apologist, Dr. Mike Licona's latest book, The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach. Geisler argues that Licona's non-historical view of the "resurrected saints" de facto reduces to a denial of biblical inerrancy. While others may not, for my part, I find Geisler's common-sense case highly persuasive >>> The latest installment from Dr. Geisler offers nothing actually new from his earlier statements about Licona's... Read more →

The Barbarians, the Bolsheviks, and the Baptists by Sam Houston

The guest essay below is written by a conservative Southern Baptist in the Southwest. The insight is stunning, reflecting a deep understanding of what’s happening in the Southern Baptist Convention. Read and absorb it with care. With that, I am… Peter In some ways, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) may be seen as a fractured set of special interest groups, none of whom share the same agenda but several of whom might have overlapping agendas. However, to oversimplify a bit, the Southern Baptist scene can be analyzed by noting three... Read more →

What is Your Price? by Luke Liechty, Guest Contributor

What is your price? Do you have a price? You protest that you could NEVER be bought. Me thinks thou protesteth too much. I might add that I too would like to protest that I could NEVER be bought. But I know what I am about to write and so I do not protest...as much. What does it mean to be bought, at least in the sense that I am asking the question? To be bought means at what price would you be willing to compromise your calling, forsake your... Read more →

No Fire Hot Enough: by SelahV, Guest Contributor

Ever been through trials of fire? Not the little inconveniences that annoy, nor the occasional aggravation of a disgruntled person. No. I mean a trial that when looking at it from a distance, you wonder how you survived it. In its midst you felt as though you'd be consumed. Yet, you endured; you persevered and God gained the glory for it. “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the... Read more →

What's So Wrong With Egalitarianism? by Chris Gilliam, Guest Contributor

There are many today, in an attempt to adapt to current cultural climate, who take issues with much of the historically held biblical doctrines. One such doctrine is that of gender roles. I do not assume or attempt to enter this dialog in the realm of full scholastic exchange; rather I would like to take a look at it from a pure Pauline expression of argumentation. When one looks at the Pauline letters there is a clear identifiable pattern of writing that Paul, as an instrument of the Holy Spirit,... Read more →

Professor Roger Olson: An Interview Part Two

Dr. Olson, in the Introduction to Arminian Theology: Myths & Realities, you write: “The thesis of this book is that Arminianism is at a disadvantage in this controversy because it is so rarely understood and so commonly misinterpreted both by its critics and its supposed defenders.” But Dr. Olson, I hear so often that Arminianism is rampant in America’s pulpit--usually by Calvinist apologists. What do you make of that? Well, it’s a misunderstanding. What’s rampant in America’s pulpit and pews are not Arminians but semi-Pelagians. But what has happened is... Read more →

That Darn Calvin: A Response To Peter Lumpkins and Keith Schooley

I think dialog possesses the greatest potential for real communication. Not debate, dialog. For me, debate is like playing a ball game...a sporting event. For example, when our Dawgs play their Vols in a sporting event, it's not to gain a better understanding of their team nor communicate our position. It's to show them who's boss...to kick some butt...in short, to win. And, to think that since it's "Christians" who debate, that they will not be in it for the competition it affords, is, from my vantage point, naive at... Read more →