One Eternal Day

As I followed links looking for something I eventually didn't find, I happened upon "Why I Am a Baptist" by Albert Mohler . Mo...

I've been going through a filing cabinet and being reminded of things I haven't thought about for some time. In 1993, I served as Pr...

I have only tangentially experienced a domineering pastor: I once learned I was on a pastor's enemies list. I never knew why. I have mor...

In the introduction to this essay , the editor notes that "Christian nationalists... [contend that] the antidote to declining religiosi...

I find it annoying when local churches indulge in cute "branding." The first time I recall feeling that way was when a church that...

Upon occasion, the congregation in my church would recite the Apostles Creed in the Sabbath morning service. That isn't typical of Bapt...

My denomination has an annual conference to conduct business, but also for worship and study, and the latter is planned by the conference p...

I started blogging here shortly after I retired from teaching in 2005, usually posting several times a week. Consequently, there is a lot of...

In Challies' "I Feel At Home in Your Church" he argues that denominational diversity is a strength rather than an indictment ...

Re-posted Today, October 31st, is Reformation Day. Kevin DeYoung reminded us of some of the most important reasons we are Protestants: ...

From Alan Jacobs today, an excerpt from one of his books that he has titled "my testimony": .... The sermon eluded my attention, ...

From "Christians Err if They Give Up on America" : .... The settlement hammered out in the 1780s somehow made room for all religio...

Thomas Kidd has posted "Confessions of Faith and the Baptist Tradition" responding to Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, a...

Yesterday I came across "20+ Types of Baptists Explained" on YouTube. The video is only twelve minutes long so the explanations a...

Have we been missing out by ignoring commemoration of some of the most important events in gospel history? ...[F]or many of us who have gro...

Ever since the 17 th century members of my denomination have had to navigate issues engaged by this upcoming US Supreme Court case : Shoul...

Spurgeon died on January 31 1892, aged only 57, after a long illness. From his final sermon the previous summer: .... Those who have no mast...

I found that “'Finney with a Twist': Elder Jacob Knapp and the Origins of Baptist Revivalism" explained the origin of practice...

Mark Tooley argues that "Politics Can’t Revive Christianity": .... The United States historically does not offer “toleration,” wh...

In "An Ecclesiological Take on 'The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill',” I was particularly impressed with what Jonathan Leeman argue...