Reflecting on the Baptist Faith and Message, Part 3: The Doctrine of Scripture (con’t)
The first article of the Baptist Faith and Message speaks of the source, nature, authority, and goal of the Bible...
Aaron O'Kelley
Reflecting on the Baptist Faith and Message, Part 2: The Doctrine of Scripture
The first article of The Baptist Faith and Message, the doctrinal statement of the Southern Baptist Convention, addresses the doctrine...
Reflecting on the Baptist Faith & Message, Part 1: Introduction
At the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in the year 2000, a report from a committee appointed to...
Why Christianity and Progressivism Don’t Mix
Conventional wisdom tells us that neither political side has a corner on the Christian faith. Christians should not pledge allegiance...
Is Preaching the Gospel Sufficient to Combat Racism?
It seems that we could generate much more light, instead of mere heat, if we would take the time to...
On How We Speak of Sin
In a 2013 essay, Thabiti Anyabwile wrote regarding same-sex marriage, "Turns out that being civil about indecency actually hurts the...
Clarifying the Gospel, Part 2: How the Apostles Preached Christ
Although the salvation accomplished by the cross work of Jesus Christ entails multiple dimensions of deliverance---from the power of Satan,...
Clarifying the Gospel, Part 1: The Looming Judgment
It is common knowledge that the word "gospel" means "good news," but the nature of that news and what, exactly,...
Identity Politics, Localism, and the SBC
I love the word "community," but I hate to see it bastardized into such phrases as "the ________ community" (fill...
Why Educational Institutions Naturally Drift Left
The conservative resurgence (CR) of the Southern Baptist Convention was a movement to reclaim institutions for a conservative theology and...
