I’m working today on a paper for the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, which is to be held in New Orleans on November 18-20. The title of my paper is “Why Evangelicals Should Ignore Brian McLaren: How the New Testament Requires Evangelicals to Render a Judgment on the Moral Status of Homosexuality.” While working on the paper, I came across a video featuring Robert Gagnon—a New Testament scholar who has written the definitive work on the Bible’s teaching about homosexuality. It’s pretty heady stuff, but I’ve posted the video above. If you’re interested in his book, you can buy it here: The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and…
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Multi-Site Churches
Dr. Albert Mohler hosted a panel discussion at Southern Seminary on multi-site churches. The panel consisted only of Baptists, so it was dealt with the multi-site phenomenon within a baptistic ecclesiological framework. Panel members represented a spectrum of opinion on this question: Single Campus/Single City/No Video Preaching – Greg Gilbert (Capitol Hill Baptist Church) Multi-campus/Single City/No Video Preaching – Kevin Ezell (Highview Baptist Church) and Daniel Montgomery (Sojourn) Multi-campus/Multi-City/Video Preaching – Greg Allison (Southern Seminary) Perspectives on Multi-site Churches (audio) [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/fall2009/20091103panel.mp3]
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Worst Case Scenario in Marriage
Boyce College professor Heath Lambert addressed the women of Southern Seminary at a recent Pendergraph Women’s Ministry event. He shows how Matthew 7:1-6 instructs women to deal with the “worst case scenario” in a marital relationship. [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/BoycePodcast/20091027_pendergraph_lambert.mp3] Congratulations to Dr. Lambert who successfully defended his dissertation last week. It was written under the supervision of David Powlison.
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N. T. Wright’s Response for CT Article
Colin Hansen’s report in Christianity Today last week suggested that N. T. Wright’s writings have influenced some Protestants to become Roman Catholic. Roman Catholic convert Taylor Marshall puts it this way: “If you buy into Wright’s approach to covenantal theology, then you’ve already taken three steps toward the Catholic Church. Keep following the trail and you’ll be Catholic.” The CT article only had a snippet of a response from Bishop Wright. Trevin Wax has Wright’s full response here.
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Do Sinners Want Hell?
John Piper says that no one wants Hell and that C. S. Lewis was wrong to suggest otherwise. He writes: ‘The misery of hell will be so great that no one will want to be there. They will be weeping and gnashing their teeth (Matthew 8:12). Between their sobs, they will not speak the words, “I want this.” They will not be able to say amid the flames of the lake of fire (Revelation 20:14), “I want this.” “The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night” (Revelation 14:11). No one wants this.
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Jim Hamilton on 2 Samuel 11-12
Jim Hamilton’s exposition of the story of David and Bathsheba is among the best I have ever heard. He delivered the message in SBTS’s chapel yesterday, and I encourage you to listen to it, take heed, and beware of sexual temptation. The Wife of Uriah [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/fall2009/20091027hamilton.mp3] [Download Here] Jim is the pastor of Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky and Associate Professor of Biblical Theology at Southern Seminary.
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Evangelical Syncretism
I am astonished at how many evangelicals think that it is okay to observe a Ramadan fast with Muslims. Christianity Today has published remarks from ten evangelicals, five (or perhaps seven) of which think that it’s okay to fast with Muslims during Ramadan. Douglas Wilson is the last of the ten, and he sounds the clearest note against such a practice. He writes: “It is not appropriate to fast alongside Muslims. I wouldn’t make a point, if I were in a heavily Muslim state where everybody is fasting during the day, of fixing a hot dog and walking outside and eating it … but to observe Ramadan along with your…
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The State of the American Woman
I was grateful to be a guest on The Albert Mohler Program yesterday to discuss the recent TIME magazine cover story, “The State of the American Woman.” [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/totl/2009/AMP_10_22_2009.mp3] Here’s a description of the show: “Time Magazine has recently reported on the state of the American women. Though many modern women are more powerful and make more money than any generation previously, they are far less happy. As the family unit dissolves and the gift of motherhood is set aside for cultural achievement, women are losing a sense of sure footing and purpose in life. As Dr. Mohler notes today, women will find genuine happiness through the gospel, faithfulness to His…
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A Conversation with Mark Dever
I had a free-wheeling conversation with Mark Dever last week during our weekly Boyce College dorm meeting (listen or download below). Dever serves as chairman of our board of trustees, and it was an honor to have him address our students. Boyce College’s dorm meeting meets pretty late (9:30pm on Monday nights), and it is an informal affair. So you’ll notice that the mood is quite light in this conversation. A Conversation with Mark Dever[audio:http://www.sbts.edu/media/audio/BoycePodcast/20091012_boyce_dorm_meeting.mp3] I think Dever was in rare form. We had a spirited exchange about multi-site churches. He also talked about his statement from a sermon last summer to the effect that it’s sinful for churches to…
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Justin Taylor and Jim Hamilton are mixing it up on premillennial eschatology
The debate goes on. Justin Taylor and Jim Hamilton are now mixing it up on premillennial eschatology. Once again, I think Jim has the stronger argument.