10.4.2011
Question: Do you think there is an “irreducible core” of eschatology? If so, would it be approximately equal to those understandings held in common between the various eschatological views?
Reply: When it comes to the issue of Eschatology I fall into the camp of “progressive dispensationalist.” I do believe in a pre-millennial coming of Christ and I also believe in a pre-tribulational rapture. I believe God still has a plan for the Jewish people (Rom. 11:25-26) … [Read More]
Q&A 3: My Perspective on the Essentials of Eschatology
Oct 10th, 2011 by Daniel Akin
The Story of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1950-2010 (Part Three)
Dec 15th, 2010 by Nathan Finn
Author’s note: This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. This is the third of four posts commemorating that history.
The Fastest-Growing Seminary in America, 1992-2003
Under Patterson’s leadership, the faculty completed its transition from theologically moderate to conservative. In addition to the Abstract of Principles, Patterson required all faculty members to sign the Baptist Faith and Message (2000). Southeastern experienced remarkable growth during the 1990s. Though only 555 students matriculated the semester before … [Read More]
Southern Baptist Identity: An Evangelical Denomination Faces the Future
Jun 20th, 2009 by Nathan Finn
This week Crossway has published a new collection of essays titled Southern Baptist Identity: An Evangelical Denomination Faces the Future. David Dockery edited the volume, which is substantially (though not entirely) based upon the two Baptist Identity Conferences held at Union University in 2004 and 2007. You can still listen to the audio presentations from those conferences by clicking here and here.
The contributors to Southern Baptist Identity include Dockery, Al Mohler, Stan Norman, Greg Wills, Timothy George, … [Read More]
Johnny Hunt Podcast on the Great Commission Resurgence
May 14th, 2009 by Nathan Finn
SBC President Johnny Hunt recently sat down with Doug Baker of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina to discuss the Great Commission Resurgence. The podcast, available in two parts, is available here.
Part I
The Great Commission Resurgence – What is it? Who authored the document? What is the purpose of the document? Changes in the document since April 27, 2009; Southern Baptists – losing the gospel?; The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 and the Abstract … [Read More]
Panel Discussion on the Generation Gap in the SBC
May 1st, 2009 by Bruce Ashford
This past Wednesday SEBTS hosted a presidential forum on the generation gap in the SBC. The forum took the form of a panel discussion. The participants included Danny Akin, J. D. Greear, David Nelson, and Nathan Finn (all of whom are fellow BtT contributors). The topics discussed included Calvinism, Acts 29, alcohol, the future of the SBC, the nature of the gospel, ecumenism, evangelicalism, and the Great Commission Resurgence. Do yourself a favor and check … [Read More]
The Conservative Resurgence and the Great Commission Resurgence
Feb 23rd, 2009 by Nathan Finn
The Conservative Resurgence and the Great Commission Resurgence
By Nathan A. Finn
The past couple of years have witnessed increasing calls for a Great Commission Resurgence (GCR) in the Southern Baptist Convention. We at BtT are unabashedly committed to this vision for the Convention. Danny Akin was one of the first SBC leaders to embrace the GCR terminology and has addressed the topic in multiple sermons, conference addresses, and book chapters. All of us have contributed to … [Read More]
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Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Part 3: A Compelling Vision Grounded in Confessional Identity
Jul 25th, 2008 by Daniel Akin
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence is a series of articles by faculty of Southeastern Seminary that seeks to offer some definitions of what constitutes a GCR, why we believe the SBC is in need of such a movement, and what such a movement might look like in SBC life. The series will address biblical, theological, historical and practical issues related to a GCR with the hope that God will use our finite and flawed … [Read More]
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Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Part 1: Continuity with the Conservative Resurgence
Jul 12th, 2008 by Daniel Akin
A number of us have issued a call for what is being called “A Great Commission Resurgence.” This idea is being talked about, and there are a number of writings in circulation as well. For example, LifeWay distributed at the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis an 83-page booklet entitled Great Commission Resurgence. I contributed to this (a slight revision of my Building Bridges paper) along with Thom Rainer, Chuck Lawless, Jeff Iorg … [Read More]
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