Category Archives: Theological Error

Theological Vocabulary Thursday
Comforter, Counselor, or … ?

_______________________________________________________________ By Brian Robertson, Pastor, FBC, Kenton, TN _______________________________________________________________ Words, words, words. My, how their meanings can change. For example, “cool” in today’s verbiage means “great” as well as “cold.” When someone today says, “that’s bad,” they may mean “awesome” or … Continue reading

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Theological Vocabulary Thursday
Libertarian Free Will: Jesus’ Reaction to Jerusalem’s Rejection Reflects the Father’s Reaction

By L. Manning Garrett III, Ph.D., Pastor, East Laurel Baptist Church, Jackson, TN Regarding last week’s article, “Two Versions of Free Will in Southern Baptist Life,” there were several comments pertaining to my reference to Jesus’ reaction to Jerusalem’s rejection … Continue reading

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Theological Vocabulary Thursday
Free Will: Two Versions in Southern Baptist Life

By L. Manning Garrett III, Ph.D., Pastor, East Laurel Baptist Church, Jackson, TN This article is intended to be of interest to pastors and lay persons.  I do not begin with the assumption that all of the readers of SBC … Continue reading

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Using Logic in Theology:
The Fallacy of False Alternatives

By Steve Lemke, Provost and Professor of Theology and Ethics at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary As a philosophically-trained theologian, it causes me considerable chagrin to see some of the most basic errors in logic committed over and over again … Continue reading

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Thursday is for Theological Terminology:
The Study of Specialized Words relating to Theology

by Ron F. Hale, Minister of Missions, West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson, TN Total Depravity or Total Inability Bernd Brandes was a person with a passion for pain. This bizarre mania caused him to respond to an internet ad placed … Continue reading

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Is There Just A Week Left before the End of the World?

Dr. David Crosby, Pastor, First Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA I predict that Harold Camping, the elderly radio talk show host now predicting Judgment Day on May 21, 2011, and the end of the world October 21, 2011, will adjust … Continue reading

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Authentic Christianity

Malcolm B. Yarnell III, Managing Editor of the Southwestern Journal of Theology and Director of the Center for Theological Research at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX, contributes these thoughts on Authentic Christianity, and offers two articles addressing this subject from the Journal … Continue reading

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Thank God for the CR

One of the reasons that the CR was needed is illustrated by the recent string of articles in the Associated Baptist Press on women pastors.  There are some people in our SBC sphere of existence who wish to rewrite history, … Continue reading

Posted in Baptist Identity, Convictions, Doctrine, egalitarianism, Evangelism, Homosexuality, SBC, SBC Issues, Scripture, Theological Error | 251 Comments

Funny Stuff, If It Were Not So Sad

  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

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The Bible and Big Crowds

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

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