Category Archives: Contextualization

Monday Exposition Idea:
How Should We Then Live? (3 John 1:4)

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Franklin Kirksey

By Franklin L. Kirksey, Pastor, First Baptist Church of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and author of Sound Biblical Preaching: Giving the Bible a Voice These expositions by Dr. Kirksey are offered to suggest sermon or Bible study ideas for pastors and … Continue reading →

Posted in Contextualization, Doctrine, Postmodernism, Preaching | 1 Comment

Funny Stuff, If It Were Not So Sad

Posted on May 13, 2010 by admin

  Relevant?  Fitting in with their culture?  This is how silly and crazy some Churches can get as they seek to identify with their culture, and supposedly do things to reach people.  Notice that the name of the Church is … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Contextualization, Emergent, Humor, Theological Error | 9 Comments

How Lost People See Us?

Posted on April 16, 2010 by sbctoday

I was reading the On Mission magazine from NAMB when I saw a study done by the Barna Research Group.  The research was done to show how lost people between the ages of 16 to 29 see evangelical Christians.  I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Contextualization, Convictions, Evangelism, Gospel issues, Great Commission Resurgence, Uncategorized | 128 Comments

The Bible and Big Crowds

Posted on April 6, 2010 by sbctoday

I heard a Pastor say that we should not teach and preach the Bible verse by verse, because the people will just not get it. That expository preaching is just for preachers; that only preachers would understand it. Thus, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Contextualization, Expository Preaching, Pastors, Text Driven Preaching, Theological Error, Uncategorized | 47 Comments

A Movement Toward the Social Gospel?

Posted on March 26, 2010 by sbctoday

Dr. Walter Rauschenbusch is the primary theologian of the Social Gospel.  Dr. Rauschenbusch was a Baptist theologian writing around the turn of the 20th Century.  He was castigated because of his opposition to World War I and after the war, … Continue reading →

Posted in Contextualization, Evangelism, Uncategorized | 95 Comments

Quixote, Peyote, and Coyotes

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Joe Stewart

The current debate over the perceived generational divide in the SBC brings forth a variety of conclusions. The emerging church has its roots in Leadership Network Symposiums to reach Generation X. Much morphing has transformed this movement into a polyglot … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, Contextualization, Uncategorized | 13 Comments

Paradox Lost – Part One

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Joe Stewart

Perhaps the best metaphor to describe the contemporary church, with apologies to John Milton, is Paradox Lost. Somewhere along the line many church leaders have forgotten what Randy Alcorn calls the grace and truth paradox.[i] We must be full of … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Contextualization, Emergent | 7 Comments