As I was coming of age in a Southern Baptist church in the late 70’s/early 80’s, the question that one of our own students recently asked our Student Pastor, “Why is Monday on a Thursday?” never really came up. I think I would have been confused as well. Turns out, our church is not observing Monday on a Thursday, but rather…
New Mexico Baptists, the new NAMB & the Future
I love New Mexico and I love New Mexico Baptists! The BCNM, made up of approximately 350 cooperating Southern Baptist churches (although levels of cooperation vary) in the Land of Enchantment, has been assisting churches in cooperative missions and ministry for almost 100 years. Whether at the beginning of last century or in the second decade of this…
SBC Calvinism & Patriotic Worship: A Final Word
Since my initial posts on the SBC’s New Calvinism & Patriotic Worship (Part 1 and Part 2), I have gotten many responses — both positive and negative — both here at From Law to Grace and at SBCVoices. Based upon this admittedly limited response, I would conclude that one of the SBC fault lines — “majority…
Donald Trump: Evangelicals’ Intriguing Savior?
Who knew? Donald Trump is a Christian. In all of his public life to date, I have never once been tempted to think of Trump as a follower of Jesus Christ. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’ll try not to question the Donald’s self-professed faith anymore than I do the self-professed faith of the current occupant…
SBC’s New Calvinism & Patriotic Worship: Part 2
Earlier in the week, while visiting Baptist21 to watch an interview with Nathan Akin, another post in the top masthead — with American flag in the background — caught my eye. Titled, “Letter from a Minister about Patriotism in Corporate Worship,” I was curious and clicked on the link to read the post. Written by Carl “Chip” Stam, the contributors at…