Ephesians 4 and the SBC
Yesterday in Sunday school I walked with my class through Ephesians 4, which includes the following from Paul: I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling...
View ArticleConstructive Southern Baptist Systematic Theology
I don’t even know that this claim can be substantiated, but what are blogs for besides making unsubstantiated claims? I think we need more constructive Southern Baptist systematic theologies from...
View ArticleSBC Joke of the Day
Two SBCers walk into a coffee shop, one a Calvinist and one a non-Calvinist. They bicker over the order of salvation, if their CP dollars should go to schools and institutions that hire people who have...
View ArticleSteve Harmon and Baptist Catholicity
I recently read Steve Harmon’s Toward Baptist Catholicity: Essays on Tradition and the Baptist Vision. I’m beginning some sustained work with my friend and colleague Luke Stamps on Baptist life and its...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Baptist Theology and Practice
A couple of weeks ago Luke and I wrote two posts on ways Baptists can learn from the larger Christian tradition in our worship practices, specifically through reciting the ecumenical creeds and through...
View ArticleHeresy Hunting and Eternal Relations of Origin
I’m a classic complementarian who affirms classic orthodoxy regarding the eternal relations of the persons of the Trinity (i.e. that the eternal relations of origin distinguish the persons, not a...
View ArticleThe Creator/Creature Distinction and Gender Debates
Given the recent posts and Twitter conversations surrounding the topic, and also given that I taught a course this past semester on fourth century theological interpretation in the Eastern Fathers, I...
View ArticleThe Trinity and Theological Method
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve most likely seen the debates on the blogosphere and social media about something called the “Eternal Functional Subordination” (EFS) of God the Son and...
View ArticleTimothy George on Historical Theology, Ecumenism, and Christian Higher Education
This episode is a conversation with Dr. Timothy George of Beeson Divinity School. We discuss being a Baptist and appreciating the Great Tradition (2:00), ecumenism and catholicity (7:35), the future...
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