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Podcast Episode 29

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:49 +0000

Les Puryear joins us on the podcast to discuss the SBC Majority Initiative and his recent series of posts on the distinction between Reformed pastors and traditional Southern Baptist pastors who are Calvinists. A storm caused us to lose our connection with Les just as we are beginning to discuss his blog series, so you’ll notice a bit of disconnected dialogue in there, as we edited out the chatter that went on while we were working to get everyone reconnected.

This podcast also marks the beginning of a bit of a hiatus (or should that be “an hiatus”?) for us here at SBC Today. As we explain in the closing moments of the podcast, summer is in full swing, and everyone is busy with VBS, camps, mission trips, and the like, so we’ve decided it would be best to take a break. We plan to be back around the time state conventions begin having their annual meetings in the fall, and we will return with a renewed focus on the issues of ministry, evangelism, and ecclesiology that give us our distinctive identity as Baptists. We look forward to promoting and discussing these issues.

You can listen to the podcast using the player below, or you can subscribe in iTunes by clicking the image in this post or the link in the sidebar. Below are links to some of the items discussed in the podcast:

SBCMI’s online presence:

Les Puryear’s Reformed/Southern Baptist series:

Article about the SBC

The SBC is Yesterday’s News

Podcast Episode 28

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:17:44 +0000

This podcast, which I incorrectly introduce as episode 27, was recorded around a conference table at a hotel near the convention center in Orlando after an eventful first day at the 2010 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. From the Pastor’s Conference to the motions to the debate and passage of the report of the Great Commission Task Force, we touched on all the topics of the day, and had a great time doing it.

Listen to the podcast using the player below, or subscribe in iTunes by clicking the image in this post or the link in the sidebar. Share your comments here, either on the content of this podcast or with your suggestions for future episodes. And help us out by leaving a comment on our iTunes page or simply by giving us a rating there.

Podcasting Tonight

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:02:15 +0000

It’s been an eventful day at the Southern Baptist Convention, and folks are sharing their thoughts with one another in hotel lobbies and convention center hallways across Orlando. The SBC Today team will be recording a podcast episode tonight in the lobby of the Residence Inn on Universal Boulevard in Orlando. We’ll be sharing reflections on the events of the day, and on the future of our convention.

If you’re in the area, feel free to stop by and join us. If you’d like more info, comment here and we’ll get back to you.

Podcast Episode 27

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:17:48 +0000

Today we have the privilege of presenting an interview with Dr. Jimmy Jackson, pastor of Whitesburg Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama. He is also the current president of the Alabama Baptist State Convention. Baptist Press has reported that he will be one of the four men who will be nominated for President of the Southern Baptist Convention when we meet in Orlando next month.

In this episode, we were able to ask Dr. Jackson questions pertaining to the GCR Task Force final report, his thoughts on appointments to the various convention committees and boards, and how we can best work for unity in the accomplishment of our Great Commission calling as believers in our local churches.

You can listen to the podcast using the player below, or you can subscribe in iTunes by clicking on the image in this post or on the link in the sidebar. Share in the comments here your suggestions for how we can improve the podcast, and take a moment to give us a rating or a review on our iTunes page. Thanks as always for listening, and we’ll be back for more podcasting fun next week.

Podcast Episode 26

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:11:36 +0000

In this week’s podcast we have the privilege of presenting an interview with Hussein Wario, a Muslim convert to Christianity. He tells his story and relates experiences of reactions/responses from those in the Islamic community to his conversion. In this podcast, Hussein Wario responds to the accusations of Muslims like Mohammed Khan toward Muslim converts to Christianity in America like Dr. Ergun Caner. Wario is the author of Cracks in the Crescent (read an excerpt in Google Books), in which he depicts Islam, his conversion to Christianity, and subsequent persecution.

Podcast Episode 25

sbctoday — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:53:08 +0000

It’s been a few weeks since our last podcast. Okay, it’s been two months. But the important thing is, we’re back. David was unable to join in the fun, but the rest of us forged ahead, and recorded less than fifteen minutes before we ran out of steam. We’re out of practice, and need to pace ourselves. We’ll do our best to get back on a regular schedule of weekly podcasts, but in the meantime, enjoy this abbreviated discussion which mainly focused on the upcoming vacancies in the president’s office at three of our SBC entities.

Podcast Episode 24

SBC Today — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:51:34 +0000

Today on our podcast, we are joined once again by Dr. Ergun Caner, President of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. In this episode we talk with Dr. Caner about recent events, comments he has made and comments which have been made about him.

Listen to the podcast by using the player below, or subscribe in iTunes by clicking the image in this post or the link in the sidebar. We’d love to hear your ideas on how we can improve the podcast, and we’d also appreciate a review or a rating on our iTunes page. Thanks for listening.

Podcast Episode 23

Wes Kenney — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:00:19 +0000

This week’s podcast is our longest yet, at just over forty-four minutes, but hopefully the discussion will prove worth the time. We didn’t even cover all the topics we intended to address. In times past, such long-windedness would have been laid squarely at the feet of Bart Barber, but since he’s not around to blame, we’ll have to come up with another excuse. We began by addressing the response by Dr. David Allen to a review by Dr. Tom Nettles of a book by Dr. William Dembski. If you think you’re confused now, wait until you hear our discussion. We finished the podcast discussing tithing, antinomianism, and Les Puryear.

Links to some of the items discussed:

Podcast Episode 22

Wes Kenney — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:32:25 +0000

This week on the podcast, we discuss issues surrounding the allegations made by a Dallas area television station against Ed Young, Jr., and Fellowship Church. Joining us as our guest to help define some of those issues is Dr. John Mark Yeats. Dr. Yeats is assistant professor of church history at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and author, along with his SWBTS colleague Dr. Thomas White, of Franchising McChurch, a book that deals with issues of commercialism and “branding” among large contemporary churches. We went over our self-imposed time limit of half an hour, but hopefully listeners will find the discussion to be worth the time.

You can use the player below to listen to the podcast, or you can click the image in this post (or the sidebar link) to be taken to our iTunes page. There, you can subscribe to the podcast, download past episodes, write a review, or give us a rating. All of the above are strongly encouraged. And please leave your comment here with suggestions for how we can improve future podcasts or for guests you’d like to see in the future. And as always, thanks for listening.

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Podcast Episode 21

Wes Kenney — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:38:59 +0000

Timid. Reserved. Reticent. All of these are fine adjectives, and none of them describe our guest on this week’s podcast. Dr. Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, joins us for a conversation that ranges from apologetics to camels to task forces. Also this week, we welcomed our newest team member at SBC Today, David Worley, though he found out it’s difficult to get a word in edgewise. He’ll be more prepared next week, I’m sure.

Listen to the podcast using the player below, or visit our iTunes page to subscribe. A click on the link in the sidebar (or on the image in this post) will take you there, and while you’re at it, write us a review or give us a rating. And as always, we welcome your comments here on issues we discuss or on how we can improve the podcast. Thanks for listening.

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