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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The Calvinism Debate: Will Southern Baptists Learn from History, or Repeat it?

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If you are a Southern Baptist who came here to witness or participate in yet another fight over Calvinism, browse on.  You are in the wrong ...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

God and Guns: Do they Go Together?

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In the wake of the recent shootings in Aurora and Washington, many Christians have questioned whether it is  time to have a fresh conversa...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

New Book that is Worth a Look

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My friend Ed Stetzer asked me several weeks ago to preview and review his new book Subversive Kingdom.  Ed now turns out new books with ...
Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Why I'm Joining the Gay Community at Chick fil A this Friday

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This Friday night, the homosexual community is planning sit-in protests at Chick fil A restaurants all over the country.  And this Friday,...
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Monday, July 09, 2012

2012 Summer Reading List

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"What are you reading?" I've been hearing that question since I started out in ministry more than 20 years ago. In the begi...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

How a Church of 50 People is Rebuilding an Entire Community

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Just days after Hurricane Katrina bore down on the Gulf Coast and left indelible changes on the area, Pastor Don Elbourne was surveying a ...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

Repost: What will the SBC Look Like in 2035?

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The following is a post I authored in 2005 in an attempt at prognostication.  As the annual meeting of my denomination comes to an end, I ...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Pastor Search Team Final Installment: Don't Hire the Best Man. Hire the Right One!

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I've seen it many times.  A search team discovers a candidate whose vision and passion matches that of the church.  The "vetting...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Pastor Search Teams, Installment Four: NEVER Assume!

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Six years ago, the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, FL was shocked to the core when the congregation discovered that Pastor Steven...
Friday, June 15, 2012

What Southern Baptists Need to Learn from Whitefield and Wesley: A Guest Blog

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Dr. Tim McKnight has been a friend of mine for many years.  We met as fellow seminary classmates in the mid-90s in Louisville, KY.  Duri...
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Dr. Joel Rainey is an imperfect, but growing follower of Jesus Christ, husband to Amy, father of three, and Lead Pastor at Covenant Church, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He serves on the adjunct faculty of two seminaries, and the author of three books.
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