Will Southern Baptists Ignore the Ongoing Decline?
Follow A LifeWay report released today showed that overall SBC membership continues to decline-for the third straight year. Despite adding 162 churches across 42 state conventions, total membership...
View ArticleIs Baptism a Secondary Doctrine?
Follow Several years ago, Southern Seminary president Albert Mohler wrote an influential essay titled “A Call for Theological Triage and Christian Maturity.” In that essay, Mohler argues that a key to...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on the Baptism of Children
Follow Earlier this week, Trevin Wax wrote an interesting blog post titled “Should We Baptize Small Children?” A couple of days later, John Starke of The Gospel Coalition responded to Trevin’s article...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Southern Baptists, Baptism, and Communion
Follow When I teach Baptist history, I argue that there are three perennial debates among Baptists. The first (and oldest) is soteriological: where should we fall on the spectrum of beliefs...
View ArticleWhat If He Can’t Be Baptized?
Follow Recently, I received an email from a pastor friend asking advice about a dicey baptism situation. It’s not the first time a pastor has asked me about this issue. It’s also a question I get from...
View ArticleIdentification with the Gospel: Believer’s Baptism by Immersion
Follow [Editor’s Note: This summer we at BtT are featuring old but good posts for your reading enjoyment. Look out for an all new BtT in August 2014. This post originally appeared on August 12, 2008.]...
View ArticleBaptism, the Lord’s Supper, and the Need for Gospel Consistency
Follow [Editor’s Note: This summer we at BtT are featuring old but good posts for your reading enjoyment. Look out for an all new BtT in August 2014. This post originally appeared on August 16, 2008.]...
View ArticleRecurring Themes in Baptist History
Follow Nearly every semester, I teach a course at Southeastern Seminary titled Baptist History: Heritage, Identity, Polity. Like any subject that you study historically, Baptist history is...
View ArticleMarriage and Weddings: An EQUIP Workshop (John Ewart)
Follow The Charles Haddon Spurgeon Center for Pastoral Leadership and Preaching exists to equip and encourage pastors to lead healthy, disciple-making churches for the glory of God around the world. As...
View ArticleBook Notice: “40 Questions About Baptism and the Lord’s Supper” by John S....
Follow Some theological topics remain on the front burner of discussion and debate in theological education. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are two of those topics. To address some of the most pressing...
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