The question posed by Michael Bird below is a frequently asked question in the current discussion on eldership and female pastors: One of two things…
Category: Church Life
This past Sunday, January 10th, we led Graefenburg Baptist Church in a prayer of lament for the violence at our nation’s Capitol. It was a…
Tuesday is election day. Millions of Americans will cast their vote (along with millions who have already participated in early voting) for the next President…
What a crazy year it has been for the Church. The Coronavirus has caused pastors and church leaders to engage our hearts and minds in…
Dr. Michael Haykin has provided a succinct answer to a contentious question – “what is the central mandate of the church?” This was posted on…
A recent report from Baptist Press detailed the 2018 Annual Church Profile (ACP) for Southern Baptist Churches. The ACP provides annual numbers in a variety…
Below are comments I made to Graefenburg Baptist Church during worship on January 27, 2019. I am grateful for the help of the Ethics and…
I like this picture. This is my friend and colleague Jay Padgett and this is us doing what we do quite often – visiting a…
People Over Programs. Eternal Over Temporal. The idea is simple. An overemphasis on programming and its accompanying time for administration tends to make people busier,…
The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) released a statement this past Tuesday consisting of fourteen articles concerning human sexuality. Unsurprisingly, the statement was…