Reformed vs. Traditionalist: Southern Baptists to Choose New Leader Jim Sat, 06/09/18 8:30 pm BodyWSJ: JD Greear wants to lead the Southern Baptist Convention into a new era, and when the denomination gathers in Dallas for its annual meeting next week, he will be the leading candidate to become its next president. Discussion
Washington Post: The sin of silence - The epidemic of denial about sexual abuse in the evangelical church Jim Sun, 06/03/18 8:30 pm BodyThe sin of silence - The epidemic of denial about sexual abuse in the evangelical church Discussion
NYTimes: The Baptist Apocalypse Jim Wed, 05/30/18 8:30 pm BodyAs a non-Baptist with a fellow Christian’s interest in evangelical battles, I’d like to tell a simple story that describes the Patterson scandal as an inflection point — after which Moore’s kind of Baptist will inevitably increase while Jeffress’s kind diminishes, as the “judgment” that Mohler describes leads to a general reckoning with the pull of sexism and racism within conservative-leaning churches. Discussion
On Affirming the Dignity of Women and the Holiness of Ministers: A Resolution Submitted to the 2018 SBC Committee on Resolutions Jim Tue, 05/29/18 8:30 pm BodyOn Affirming the Dignity of Women and the Holiness of Ministers: A Resolution Submitted to the 2018 SBC Committee on Resolutions Discussion
Golden State Bible College President on administrative leave over allegations of 'inappropriate conduct' Jim Tue, 05/29/18 8:30 pm BodyFundamentalist Pastor Calls Out Church’s Rape Culture Shiflett’s YouTube video calling out the abuse, outing himself as a survivor as well, admitting fundamentalism has a problem with cover-ups Discussion
Fuller Seminary to Leave Pasadena Campus. A challenging new landscape for Christian graduate education forces major moves Jim Sun, 05/27/18 8:30 pm Body“The decision to leave its main campus for a site in Pomona, California (about 30 miles away), follows downsizing efforts at the country’s largest multidenominational seminary, which last summer announced plans to close three of its eight satellite campuses and to cut degree options at two more. Discussion
Phil Johnson: The Root of the Matter Jim Fri, 05/25/18 8:30 pm BodyThe notion that we must win the world’s esteem before the gospel can do its work is, I’m convinced, a spiritually crippling error that underlies most of the trends currently vying for widespread acceptance within the so-called evangelical movement. Discussion
Paige Patterson out as Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jim Wed, 05/23/18 8:30 pm BodySouthern Baptist leader Paige Patterson removed amid new allegations Discussion
'End times fatigue': evangelicals find biblical case for Israel less compelling Jim Sat, 05/19/18 8:30 pm Body“This ‘post-evangelical’ generation was raised on a steady diet of low-budget movies and pulp novels that injected a potent fear of the coming Rapture, a dynamic most eloquently described by the late Billy Graham. ‘I pick up the Bible in one hand,’ he said, ‘and I pick up the newspaper in the other. And I read almost the same words in the newspaper as I read in the Bible. Discussion
Team Pyro graphic answers Andy Stanley Jim Tue, 05/15/18 8:30 pm BodyA condiment for Andy Stanley’s teaching Discussion
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