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Pastors associating with the BGCT for convictional reasons face a challenge. Many BGCT pastors do not feel at home in either the Southern Baptist Convention or the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the two national Baptist bodies connected to BGCT churches.
08/01/2018 - By Ross Shelton
Jake Raabe chooses five Christian books that have changed his life, ranging from works by Augustine to Bonhoeffer to Graham.
07/18/2018 - By Jake Raabe
Even when in their nineties, Bob Ellis’ parents are still teaching him what it means to follow Christ and live well.
06/27/2018 - By Bob Ellis
Is preaching worship? Is preaching teaching? Or is preaching … preaching? Jake Raabe considers the role of the sermon.
06/27/2018 - By Jake Raabe
An abandoned church reminds Ryan Vanderland that God still loves his bride, despite her many imperfections.
06/27/2018 - By Ryan Vanderland
Being “relevant” focuses all of our attention on the whims of the now and the uncertainty of the future. It causes us to only see the past and those who led in the past as hindrances rather than examples and people with gifts our body needs now.
06/20/2018 - By Zac Harrel
Both the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will be holding their annual meetings this week. For all of the theological foci that divide the two groups, one topic will inevitably be broached at both meetings: what it means for Christians to talk about justice.
06/12/2018 - By Myles Werntz
Even though a primary issue of the SBC conservative resurgence’s commitment to biblical inerrancy was women’s leadership and submission, perhaps the recent revelations about abuses of power and the objectification and silencing of women can be an impetus for reexamining what some think to be a very clear teaching of the Bible.
06/11/2018 - By Meredith Stone
What does it really mean when Pew Research Center classifies a group as “non-practicing Christians”?
06/06/2018 - By Jake Raabe
Pastoring with the next pastor in mind is done within the context of the biblical belief that the head of the church is Christ. The church does not belong to a pastor (or the membership).
05/30/2018 - By Ross Shelton
We feed the hopelessness the world feels when we respond with words but without actions.
05/23/2018 - By Smith Getterman
I didn’t know what to pray for, and, if I am honest, in that moment I wasn’t sure God heard my cries anyway. I had come to the end of my strength, but God had not left me alone.
05/23/2018 - By Zac Harrel