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 ...
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 One True Church
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Church, David Rogers, Ecclesiology, Unity | 95 Comments »What I am going to say here is something that may be a new idea to some of you. However, I am convinced that it has a sound biblical basis, and that its implications for us regarding the way we ...
Faith, Works, and Rewards
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in David Rogers, Theology, Unity | 55 Comments »The recent visit of the Pope has got me thinking about the differences between Catholicism and Evangelicalism. For me, the watershed (or at least, one of them) is still the crucial doctrine of justification by faith alone. As we think ...
A Kinder, Gentler SBC Blogosphere?
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Les Puryear, SBC Issues, Unity | 15 Comments »A few days ago Tim Guthrie had a good post about blogging conduct entitled the "The Wal-Mart Challenge" In his post, he said the following: "We will be respectful and we will not allow people to attack other people, including Christians ...
American Culture & Church Marketing
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Church, Culture, David Rogers, Ecclesiology, Unity | 14 Comments »As I have mentioned here at sbc IMPACT! on other occasions, I believe that living for awhile outside of our own cultural context can help us at times to see certain things a little more clearly than if we had never had ...
God’s Multi-Colored Wisdom
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Church, Culture, David Rogers, Unity, Worship | 1 Comment »Yesterday, we had a wonderful Easter morning service at Faith Baptist Church in Bartlett, Tennessee, where my family and I are members while we are home on Stateside Assignment. There were various soul-stirring choir specials, a fantastic sermon by Pastor ...
Hula Hoops, Post-it Notes, And Other Ideas
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Hariette Petersen (SelahV), Pastoral Issues, SBC Issues, Unity | 7 Comments »About 20 years ago, I wanted my husband to help me invent something to clean off bathtub soap scum. "We'll call it a scum-buster. We could make a fortune," I encouraged. "Especially for women like me who have to crawl ...
Stumbling Blocks
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Culture, David Rogers, Evangelism, SBC Issues, Unity | 13 Comments »Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to ...
Best Unity Practices
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Baptist Life, David Rogers, Unity | 15 Comments »“Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:3. Those who follow my blog Love Each Stone will know that I dedicate a large portion of what I write to the topic of ...
