Category Archives: Baptist Identity

Calvinism and Arminianism: Two Rivers that Run Through Us

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Ron Hale

By Ron F. Hale. He has served as Pastor, Church Planter, Strategist (NAMB), Director of Missions, Associate Executive Director of Evangelism and Church Planting for a State Convention, and now in the 4th quarter of ministry as Minister of Missions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arminianism, Baptist Identity, Calvinism, Salvation | 27 Comments

THE FUTURE OF BAPTIST THEOLOGY
WITH A LOOK AT ITS PAST

Posted on March 10, 2012 by James Leo Garrett, Jr.

By James Leo Garrett, Jr., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Historical and Systematic Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the first in a series of three articles by Dr. Garrett on “The Future of Baptist … Continue reading →

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THE FUTURE OF BAPTIST THEOLOGY
WITH A LOOK AT ITS PAST

Posted on March 9, 2012 by James Leo Garrett, Jr.

By James Leo Garrett, Jr., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Historical and Systematic Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the first in a series of three articles by Dr. Garrett on “The Future of Baptist … Continue reading →

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THE FUTURE OF BAPTIST THEOLOGY
WITH A LOOK AT ITS PAST

Posted on March 7, 2012 by James Leo Garrett, Jr.

By James Leo Garrett, Jr., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Historical and Systematic Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the first in a series of three articles by Dr. Garrett on “The Future of Baptist … Continue reading →

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Competitors to Biblical Authority

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Dan Nelson

By Dan Nelson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Camarillo, CA A very distinctive mark of Baptists is our insistence that biblical authority as our sole authority for faith and practice. I realize that this is hardly an exclusive claim for every … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, Doctrine, SBC Perspective, Scripture | 2 Comments

Still Baptist . . . After All These Years

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Gary Ledbetter

By Gary Ledbetter, Director of Communications of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, and Editor of the Southern Baptist Texan The first report of the committee appointed by SBC President Bryant Wright to consider a new name for the SBC … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 7 Comments

Thoughts on the Daviess-McLean Baptist Association Decision
about Pleasant Valley Community Church
Part 2: Reflections on the Significance of What Happened

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts 29 Network, Associational News, Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Church, Cooperation, Doctrine, Ecclesiology, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective, Theology | 26 Comments

Thoughts on the Daviess-McLean Baptist Association Decision
about Pleasant Valley Community Church
Part 1: Attempting to Analyze What Actually Happened

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts 29 Network, Associational News, Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Church, Cooperation, Doctrine, Ecclesiology, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective, Theology | 41 Comments

Distinctive Baptist Beliefs:
Nine Marks that Separate Baptists from Presbyterians
Distinctive Baptist Belief #9:
Decisional Conversion/Gospel Invitations (not Confirmation)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Doctrine, Salvation, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 54 Comments

What the Church Is

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Dan Nelson

By Dan Nelson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Camarillo, CA Great confusion exists over what the church is. If we understand what the church is and what God wants to do through us in the church, then we can function as … Continue reading →

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