Perhaps the greatest battle during the modern age surrounds the content of preaching. I fear that many congregations and pulpit committees do not understand what type of preaching they need. Most of the general rules for popular preachers include a vibrant personality, good jokes, and personal illustrations. However, the content needed includes solid explanation of [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 13, 2007
Press Release from Southwestern Seminary about Homemaking Concentration
‘Homemaking is Noble,’ Patterson says on Fox News
By Staff
August 13, 2007
Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, endorsed the College at Southwestern’s new Homemaking Concentration on Fox News’ morning program, Fox & Friends, Aug. 13.
“If a woman chooses to stay home, and she chooses to devote her full energies to her husband and [...]
August 10, 2007
The Rules of Bile Blogging
Obviously, I am a novice at blogging, and some would say that I am just a novice. I grew up as a country boy in the backwoods of South Carolina. In my hometown, “he done it” and “we was” are considered proper grammar. Words certainly were not as eloquent as the mighty Keats in “On [...]
August 9, 2007
Ten Things I Believe: Number 4: Believer’s Baptism by Immersion
In the video above, Mark Driscoll says, “What does it mean to be a Baptist? We dunk adults. Anything else? Uhm, no.”
I am concerned at what I see happening to our Baptist distinctives in modern times. A loss of our distinctives can be seen in both the Emerging and the Emergent movements. [...]
August 7, 2007
Ten Things I Believe: Number 5: Baptist Church Polity
I believe congregational church government is the New Testament model. The New Testament at the very least provides the congregation with the authority to: 1) elect its leaders; 2) accept members; and 3) dismiss members. I add a fourth right of the congregation from common sense which is the right to approve the budget. The [...]
