As someone raised in Independent Fundamental Baptist circles, one of the theological battles I fought early on was regarding the inerrancy, authority, and preservation of Scripture. In those days, it was a battle over the use of the King James Version of the Bible. Fortunately, that particular war has died…

The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails — given by one shepherd. Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. — Eccl. 12:11–12 I’m not big…

I was poking around online this morning and found this quote by Rachel Held Evans from her last book. Rachel and I disagreed on several points of doctrine — major points — but she had tremendous skill as a writer and an incredible mind. …

There has been a lot of activity within the SBC lately regarding the Sexual Abuse Task Force (hereafter known as the SATF), with not one but two Executive Committee (EC) meetings and apparently a third scheduled for this week to discuss the waiving of attorney client privilege (tl;dr — they…

With all of the debate and discussion about the issue of gender roles, I thought it might be best for me to articulate some of where I’m coming from and where I currently stand on this matter. …