Success As Measured by the New Testament
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Church, Culture, Les Puryear, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »I've been reading a wonderful little book entitled, Small Churches Are Beautiful. It somewhat dated as it was published in 1977, however, many of the principles cited are still valid. One point the author makes is we must measure success ...
You Make the Call - Episode 3
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, SBC Issues | 39 Comments »You make the call ... on singing about alcohol ... A Christian has the opportunity to earn some extra income by playing guitar for a local "cover" band. The band plays at restaurants, music venues, and private parties. The band plays ...
Is Congregational Polity a Baptist Distinctive?
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Ecclesiology, Les Puryear | 11 Comments »One of the speakers at the 2008 Pastors Conference in Indy stated that his church had not had a business meeting in two years. When someone asked him about it, he asked "Is the church still here? Are the lights ...
The Danger of Baptist Isolationism on the Mission Field
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, David Rogers, International Mission Board, Missions, SBC Issues, Unity | 39 Comments »For the past couple of years, one of the main issues that has driven the “Baptist blogosphere” has been the famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) IMB guidelines on baptism and “private prayer language.” As most who read this ...
You Make the Call! - Episode 1
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Church, Church Life, Culture, Current Events, Missions, Pastoral Issues, SBC Issues, Theology | 24 Comments »A Brief Word of Explanation ... I'm going to experiment with a new form of post today. Viewers of 1980's-era Monday Night Football or This Week In Baseball might remember a segment called “You Make the Call”, sponsored for quite some ...
“Time to Change” - An Analysis
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Geoff Baggett, International Mission Board, Missions, SBC Issues, SBC News, Uncategorized | 46 Comments »A couple of us at sbc IMPACT! "caught wind" of the coming "Time to Change" initiative late last week. I knew that a press release was forthcoming. I considered running it, but, in the end, chose not to ...
Lessons from John Smyth on Doctrinal Humility, Baptist Distinctives, and Christian Unity
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Books, David Rogers, Evangelism, Guest Authors, Unity | 106 Comments »In my investigation of all things Baptist, I recently stumbled upon a 10-page work entitled The Last Book of John Smyth, Called the Retraction of His Errors, and the Confirmation of the Truth. John Smyth (1570-1612), as any good Baptist ...
The Body
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Bowden McElroy, Church Life, Church Membership, Ecclesiology, Evangelism, Lord's Supper, Rob Ayers | 18 Comments »(Rob is on vacation this week. He has left this missive for all to consider and contemplate. While he encourages discussion, just understand that it will not be until the first of the week before he attempts any comment. All ...
Online Voting - A Common Sense Proposal for the SBC Annual Meeting
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, SBC Issues | 41 Comments »Dave Samples, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Windsor, Colorado, published the following post on his personal blog on Friday, May 9. He gave sbc IMPACT! permission to re-publish this post for our reading audience. This is an idea that ...
Thoughts on Breakthroughs in the SBC
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Church Life, Tony Sisk | 6 Comments »My seven year old daughter is playing AYSO soccer. Calling it soccer is a tad unfair, because actually it is something more akin to what I call “ball herd”. A flurry of little arms and legs chases a small black ...
