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Editor’s note: This year marks the centennial anniversaries of the Cooperative Program’s creation, the adoption of the Baptist Faith & Message, and the SBC’s ownership of Southwestern Seminary. To celebrate

Editor’s note: This year marks the centennial anniversaries of the Cooperative Program’s creation, the adoption of the Baptist Faith & Message, and the SBC’s ownership of Southwestern Seminary. To celebrate

In the classroom at Southwestern Seminary, I regularly remind preaching students of the importance of what I call “pulpit stewardship.” This refers to stewarding time, energy, and resources faithfully in

This year marks the centennial anniversaries of the Cooperative Program’s creation, the adoption of the Baptist Faith & Message, and the SBC’s ownership of Southwestern Seminary. To celebrate these 100

Editor’s note: This year marks the centennial anniversaries of the Cooperative Program’s creation, the adoption of the Baptist Faith & Message, and the SBC’s ownership of Southwestern Seminary. To celebrate

Surely all churches are in the business of making disciples.1 Those were Christ’s parting instructions, were they not? “Go, therefore, and make disciples” (Matt. 28:19a)? That certainly is our aspiration

From time to time, I like to ask my fellow worship ministers: Why do people come to church? Why do your church members gather for worship each week? I get

Originally published January 10, 2020. Are the categories of transcendence and immanence important considerations for worship planning and design?  The answer is a resounding yes.  Not only are they important,

What are we really doing when we gather for corporate worship each week? For some today, the main purpose for which we gather is evangelism; every service is designed to

Luke beautifully weaves four hope-filled canticles (songs) into his first two chapters: Mary’s praise (Magnificat 1:46-55), Zechariah’s Prophecy (Benedictus 1:67-79), the Angels’ song (Gloria in Excelsis Deo 2:14), and Simeon’s

Why do we sing hymns in Christian worship? Is the singing of hymns optional? Is it something churches do simply because it is an enjoyable to affirm biblical truth that

Automatic doors, elevators, ramps, and even hearing loops have become common in public buildings in the United States. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has created and is still creating

Baptist Political Theology. Edited by Thomas S. Kidd, Paul D. Miller, and Andrew T. Walker. Brentwood, TN: B&H Academic, 2023. ix + 774 pp. $59.99.  “Befuddlement” and “intrigue” are the

By Jeannine Brown. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2024, 145 pp., $24.99.  Jeannine Brown in her work, Embedded Genres in the New Testament, analyzes genres within their literary framework yielding relevant,

Vol. 1, Theology for Every Person. By Malcolm B. Yarnell III. Brentwood, TN: B&H, 2024, 272 pp., $24.99. Why is it necessary to have another systematic theology? Yarnell, research professor

By Stephen O. Presley. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2024, 220 pp., $24.99. Christians today are faced with an opportunity to discern how to respond to an increasingly hostile pagan culture

By Dennis P. Hollinger. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2023, 304 pp., $29.99. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Old Testament theology began to pay more attention to creation accounts.

By O. S. Hawkins. Brentwood, TN: B&H Publishing, 2024. 241 pp., $27.99. There arose a generation who did not know W. A. Criswell. Most of my current students have never

Some passages of the Bible are especially difficult. For some passages, it is difficult to accept what they demand. For some, it is difficult to believe what they claim. For

The time for the Convention Sermon had arrived at the 1987 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Kansas City. At the height of the theological battles shaking the

Much has been written about Jonathan Edwards’s Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, probably the most famous sermon in North American history. A large book could be written on

Robert Greene Lee (R. G. Lee) served as pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, TN from 1927–1960. While Lee saw great success in his ministry, he is best remembered

Matthew 5:48 – You therefore must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. “There is nothing more discouraging than the Sermon on the Mount; it seems to throw us

Hebrews 6:1–12 is one of the most difficult passages in the New Testament. There are competing interpretations with no consensus view in sight. None of the interpretive views seems to