by Jeff Straub | Jul 12, 2017 | Baptists, Calvinism, Soteriology
The Southern Baptist Convention may be poised for a new round of conflict over the doctrine of Calvinism. A few years back, a group of SBC leaders formed a movement dubbed traditionalism to reclaim the SBC from Calvinism. At the recent SBC meeting in Phoenix, Eric...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 18, 2017 | Baptists, Catholicism, Christianity, Church History, Reformation, Religious Freedom, Tolerance
During the English Reformation Catholics burned Anglicans and Anglicans burned Catholics. Now the Archbishop of Canterbury has decided it’s time to express remorse. Apparently, plenty of people in the UK find this gesture pretty ridiculous. Perhaps it’s...
by Jeff Straub | Jan 16, 2017 | America, Baptists, Culture, Ethics
Historic Washington D.C. Baptist church calls lesbian couple as co-pastors. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/9/lesbian-couple-hired-co-pastor-dc-church/
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 21, 2016 | About Us, Baptists, Faculty Life, Fundamentalism, Liberalism
Wipf and Stock has agreed to publish Jeff Straub’s doctoral dissertation, “The Making of a Battle Royal: The Rise of Liberalism in Northern Baptist Life, 1870-1920.” Dr. Straub’s dissertation, written for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 16, 2016 | Baptists, Christianity, Culture, Evangelicalism, Politics
First Things reprints the text of Moore’s 2016 Erasmus Lecture, “Can the Religious Right Be Saved?” Here is part of his answer, a part that says he really has no answer. Whenever an evangelical starts talking about “cultural renewal,” we...
by Jeff Straub | Dec 7, 2016 | Baptists, Christianity, Fundamentalism, GARBC, Notices, Sword Fundamentalism
Here is the obituary: Dr. Robert Leslie Sumner, 94, of Lynchburg, Virginia went to his heavenly home on December 5, 2016. He was born to the late Clarence and Gladys Sumner on August 3, 1922 in Norwich, NY. He accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior at...
