A Call to Christian Men: Start acting like one

I take joy in being a part of a Christian denomination that holds a high view Scripture and that encourages members to structure their lives in a way that is true to Scripture and God honoring. Baptists are often accused of being closed-minded and backwards because we cling so tightly to Scriptural principles in a [...]

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A Good Idea Gone Awry: Taking the Hill- Evangelism initiative at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Before you read, watch:

Now, tell me what you think of that?
Every year, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary engages in an evangelism initiative to help encourage the seminary family to take the Gospel to the lost. One of the things I most admire about my seminary is how evangelistic it is. Every semester [...]

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Dr. Thomas White Responds to Controversial Birth Control Statements

I hope this will be my last post on this issue, as I believe that I have made my position known and I would like to get back to more boring blog posts. Dr. White issued a response yesterday to the media coverage of his statements.
Here is an excerpt of his statement:
To clarify, I do [...]

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SBC Responds to Dr. Thomas White Birth Control Controversy

WFAA, the local news outlet that broke this story, has posted a reaction by the SBC to the birth control controversy started by a sermon Dr. Thomas White delivered at Southwestern Baptist Theological Serminary chapel service.
Here is the WFAA report by Chris Hawes:
FORT WORTH – The Southern Baptist Convention is reacting after News 8 showed [...]

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More Southern Baptist Birth Control Controversy from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

I confess, I haven’t gone to chapel this semester. If I would have gone to chapel, I would have heard Dr. Thomas White deliver a sermon on Psalm 127. Here is a link to the full sermon. The controversial comments start at about 19:00.
Unfortunately, this is something that I have addressed before on this blog. [...]

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Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin is an intruging choice for the VP ticket of the Republican party. A John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket, in my opinion, is a mirror of the Obama/Biden ticket. Obama chose a man who had a lot of experience and who could lend a sense of realism to a campaign that has been something like [...]

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Go to the Mall…Get an Abortion

I find this story disgusting. It is appalling how they talk about killing babies in terms of dollars, competition, and profit margins. How much lower can we stoop?
From Al Mohler’s blog:
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Coming to a Mall Near You — Planned Parenthood’s New Strategy
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 5:29 am ET
“It is indeed a new look…a new [...]

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(Teenage) Girls Gone Wild

I know, the title is awful, but bear with me. It is late and I have an early morning tomorrow so I will post this story with no commentary. Hopefully, I will have a chance to comment on it later in the week. I find the following story incredibly sad and incredibly telling about many [...]

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Is ‘Sex and the City’ Reality?

First of all, let me say that I’ve never seen a single episode of the show, nor do I plan to. I stumbled upon this article from the New York Daily News when it was near the top of my Google news page. So, I was curious if life imitated art (if it can be [...]

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Misplaced Conservative

If you follow this blog with any regularity, or have taken a moment to read the blurb on the right side of this page that tells you a little about me, you can probably guess that I am a pretty conservative person. The problem is that sometimes I feel like a flaming liberal in some [...]

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