Dividing Line Short, January 7, 2021: The Judgment of Self-Deception

Back on September 8th of this year Pastor Steve Gaines of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, preached a sermon titled “God’s Sovereign Plan.”  You are encouraged to download the sermon and listen to it here.  Given that brother Gaines’ sermon presents a very, very common view amongst Southern Baptists, and as his doctoral work was on the sermons

Well, it is 2015, so…time for my annual report on my continued effort to remain healthy and active as the years roll by.  So, for those who for some reason think I should only write on theology, you may skip on to other things now.  For the two dozen folks who have actually found my workout posts encouraging and helpful,

   David Howard, a past president of ETS and an executive board member, has written in response to Francis Beckwith’s return to the faith of his childhood. Interestingly, the article affirms the propriety of Beckwith’s resignation and seems to make it clear that the ETS’s statement of faith, as interpreted by the executive board, does, in fact, hold to sola scriptura.