Archive for October, 2013

As an SBC seminary president, I often feel like a cork bobbing in a Southern Baptist ocean.  I am so much in and a part of this convention that it can be difficult to extract myself to observe and assess the denomination I serve. Yet, in recent days I have found myself doing just that. Read more

“Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.” (Ezekiel 33:22) “Now the Hand of the Lord Was upon Me” Read more

A generation ago, “surrendering to ministry” was common parlance in Baptist churches. In fact, hardly an invitation was extended in my home church that did not include a call to surrender to ministry, immediately after an appeal to follow Christ, be baptized, or join the church. As a boy, the phrase “surrender to ministry” both Read more