The End of “BIG”: Decentralization, Opportunity, and the Denominational Future
By Rhett Burns Back in June, I attended my first ever Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. This means […]
Theology
Reviewing Shai Linne’s The New Reformation
By Levi Secord Recently, I’ve seen many positive comments about Shai Linne’s new book, The New Reformation: Finding Hope in
Telling the Whirlwind Where to Blow
By Rhett Burns Well, by my calculations today is March 375th. Are you enjoying your “15 days to flatten the
In Every Domain of Human Existence: An Institution-Building Church
By Rhett Burns The book of Proverbs often perplexes modern readers of the Bible with its earthiness. What’s with all
The Grinch and His Heart Problem
By Jesse Sumpter Hollywood does not understand the Grinch’s heart problem. The famous song has it correct: Mr. Grinch’s heart
In Diversity We Trust?
By Levi Secord Recently, I saw a man with “In diversity we trust” emblazoned on his shirt. Replacing “In God
Singing and the Sons of God: On the Recovery of Maximalism
Congregational singing is in the crosshairs of Covid-19 as public health recommendations and orders from civil magistrates in some areas
#StillPostmil
By Rhett Burns This year has been a doozy. Australia caught fire for weeks. United States forces killed Iran’s top
Are You Serious?
Guest Article by Michael Foster and Bnonn Tennant Do you want to be taken seriously as a man? Most men
The Refreshing Reality of Hell
By Jesse Sumpter In dark times like these, one of our great hopes is the reality of Hell. It might
What Christian Witness?
By Levi Secord One tired argument aimed at rowdy Baptists (and Presbyterians) is the need to protect our witness. As
Jim, I’m a Pastor not a Doctor: Feminism, Aimee Byrd, and Mark Jones
By Joseph Spurgeon Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
Seductive Statism: David Bahnsen, Robert Sirico, and Big Government
By Jesse Sumpter Thursday, April 9, Acton Institute hosted a live conversation on Zoom between David Bahnsen and Fr. Robert
Coronaing Out of Control
By Levi Secord At this point, frustration, bewilderment, and despair rule over much of our world. As a pastor, I’m
World Baptized: the Riot and the Dance
By Jesse Sumpter I find the deep ocean to be rather intimidating. It is enormous. It is dark. You don’t
Prepare to Meet Your God: Repentance in the Time of Coronavirus
By Rhett Burns We live, like the old Chinese curse goes, in interesting times. A global pandemic and all its
Book Review: The Book that Made your World by Vishal Mangalwadi
By Jesse Sumpter Vishal Mangalwadi, a Christian from India, has written a number of books. One of his recent ones
On How We Speak of Sin
Guest Post by Aaron O’Kelley In a 2013 essay, Thabiti Anyabwile wrote regarding same-sex marriage, “Turns out that being civil about