10.4.2011
Question: What do you think stands as the main contributing factor in why many men today seem to be less mature than the generations of old? What do you feel are the spiritual applications?
Reply: (by Danny Akin and Alvin Reid): This is an excellent question and one that is quite relevant and extremely important for our times. When we see beer commercials mocking the immaturity of young men in our culture, we know that we … [Read More]
Q&A 8: Why Are So Many Men So Immature?
An Invitation to Study Evangelism and Missions at Southeastern
The Christian Scriptures make clear that God is a missionary God. In the immediate aftermath of Adam and Eve’s rebellion, God responded by promising a Seed who would defeat sin and Satan and death. Throughout the pages of the Scriptures, we see the triumphant march of God to bring forth the Messiah who would redeem God’s image-bearers and restore God’s good creation. In the New Testament, we learn that the Messiah is Jesus of Nazareth, … [Read More]
Missiological Roundtable Announces Six New Audio Interviews
Recently, Between the Times linked to The Center for Great Commission Studies’ Missiological Roundtable project, and now BtT would like to make you aware that six new audio sessions are now available. In these new interviews, our own faculty (Danny Akin, Bruce Ashford, Mike Dodson, Scott Hildreth, Greg Mathias, George Robinson) speak to various issues in the theology and practice of mission. To access the interviews, click here.
The Roundtable is a series of interviews that … [Read More]
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Missions & Seminary Education (3): Seminaries Must Find Ways to Forge a “Deep Connect” between their Theology Faculty and their Mission Faculty
In order for a seminary to produce healthy mission-minded students, it must ensure that theology and missiology are inseparable by (1) hiring theology faculty who are concerned to show how theology issues forth in ministry and mission, (2) hiring missiology faculty who are theologically orthodox, theologically aware, and theologically savvy, and (3) crafting curricula that reflect the close relationship between theology and missiology.
Christian theology issues forth in mission:
A truly Christian theology will inevitably issue … [Read More]
Missions and Seminary Education (2): Seminaries Must Cast a Missional Vision “Top Down”
Recently, I corresponded with a friend who is a theological educator. Our phone exchanges and letters centered on the topic of missions and seminary education. As I penned the latest letter in that exchange, I realized that some of the contents of that letter might be helpful for a broader public. I’ve modified the letter and broken it into sections, with each section representing a way in which we theological educators can foster a missionally … [Read More]
Missions and Seminary Education (1): A Match Made in Heaven or Hell?
If the truth be told, missionaries and church planters often find themselves in a tension-riddled relationship with seminary people. Or, at least, that is the impression I have gained over the past fifteen years, as my peregrinations have led me back and forth between the mission field and the seminary context. Often the tension is based upon misperceptions fostered on each end of the divide, but sometimes the tension is based in reality. Although surely … [Read More]
Why I Will Remain Passionate for a Great Commission Resurgence among Southern Baptists
In late April/early May my wife and I joined a number of other believers on a mission trip to the Southern Sudan. We would be in an area of extreme poverty with no running water or electricity. It was hot and the conditions were, to say the least, Spartan. However, it was one of the most rewarding mission endeavors we have ever taken. More than 1650 persons from the Congo, Uganda and Sudan converged on … [Read More]
David Platt: Why I Wholeheartedly Support the GCRTF Report. . . and More
We at BtT want to make you aware of David Platt’s new blogpost, “Why I Wholeheartedly Support the GCRTF Report. . . and More,” published at http://www.pray4gcr.com/. Below is a sneak peek (the first paragraph) of Platt’s post:
“In what follows, I want to express why I wholeheartedly support the final report from the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force of the Southern Baptist Convention. Since the report was released, much discussion has ensued concerning whether or … [Read More]
Prayer Request for the GCR Interim Report on February 22
Monday evening February 22 will be an important moment in SBC life as Dr. Ronnie Floyd will make an interim report from the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. We had hoped to live stream the presentation but we were denied that request. However, Dr. Floyd will post a video that contains the substance of his report immediately following his presentation at the Executive Committee. We are excited and hopeful about what will be shared. Again, … [Read More]
Calvinism and the SBC: The Case for Consensus, Part 2
Calvinism and the SBC: The Case for Consensus, Part 2
By Alvin Reid and Nathan A. Finn
Several weeks ago we began a little “exercise in bridge-building” by writing two different “open letters” to Southern Baptists. After an introductory article, Alvin wrote an open letter to his Calvinist friends in the SBC. The next day Nathan wrote an open letter to his non-Calvinist friends in the SBC. The issues we raised in those letters animate our own … [Read More]
