Dr. Chapman has a brief blog post that asks where we (the SBC) are headed if it is the case that we do so much of our activity in human power rather than divine…
Could it be that we have become accustomed to the power generated by human will and less dependent upon the spiritual power […]

What I didn’t know was that the young man was going to give him a copy of a John Piper book.

Attorneys for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) filed a motion June 16 asking the court to hold Windermere Baptist Conference Center in contempt of court because of continued logging operations in violation of the court’s June 1 injunction.

Here are two different answers:
THIS one is from Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C., and founder of 9Marks Ministries.
THIS one is from Bill Wilson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dalton, George, and part of the CBF (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship).

I read this in the June 25th issue of Parade magazine:
“How a male in the House of Representatives votes on bills concerning women’s saftey and reproductive rights may depend on how many daughters he has. Ebonya Washington, a Yale economist, found that legislators who have just girls - or more girls than boys - take […]

Yeah! Ward Churchill has been put out of Colorado University.
See HERE for story.

Tuesday June 27, 2006
Dear Friends of Providence Baptist Church,
We have great news to report! It has been over seven months now since we discovered the church property known as “Rockford”. It has been five months since we began talking to the current owners about purchasing their property. We are now able to report […]

Michael Gerson, a top speechwriter for President Bush and the one who coined the phrase “axis of evil” is retiring. He is a native of St. Louis, having attended Westminster Christian Academy. He is also considered one of the architects of “compassionate conservativism” alongside Marvin Olasky.
The Washington Bureau Chief for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch […]

In a convention where more than 11,000 messengers confirmed that presidential candidate resumes must no longer include pastoring a gazillion-member megachurch, authoring best-selling books and having the star power associated with a nation-wide television ministry, they resoundingly affirmed their conservative instincts and strongly suggested they compose a convention that is maturing theologically.

All right you Southern Baptist Vacation Bible Schoolers…. now is your chance to give me some evaluation on this year’s “Arctic Edge” curriculum from Lifeway.
Are you using the Lifeway material?
If so, how did your church make the selection? Was there any option, or does the VBS crew go solely to SBC material?
What do you think […]

Click HERE to see the video of Dr. Mohler on ABC news regarding the “Jesus Loves Porn Stars” Bible.
Also, go HERE for the audio of Dr. Mohler’s radio program regarding the same subject.

Marty Duren has some thought-provoking ideas about structural changes in the SBC. One specific idea is to encourage a grass-roots movement within the states to have state conventions split CP dollars 50-50, and eventually move to 60-40.

Hey everybody. Please pray for my dad Walter and his friend Ben. They are two hard-working Christian men who, among other things they do for “fun”, enjoy buying run-down houses, gutting them, fixing them back to great condition, and then selling them. More than just a way to earn a living, they also take a lot of joy and pride in their work. They bring these inner-city houses back to the market that might otherwise keep going downhill and eventually be torn down.

Kirby Godsey, long-time President of Mercer University received the “Courage Award” this week during the William Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society meeting that takes place during the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship annual meeting.
Here is a description of the Whitsitt Society and the award:
“Founded in 1992, following 12 years of denominational infighting among Southern Baptists, the William Whitsitt […]