Russell Moore & Bluegrass Music

Probably one of my favorite bluegrass bands ever is Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. And today, they even went up a notch in my book. I found out that one of their guitars players from the early 90’s was named…you guessed it…Russell Moore. Okay, maybe it’s not our Russell Moore, but still…how much cooler can you [...]

A Plea To Seminarians For Open Discourse: On The (Hidden) Theology of Birth Control

“The man who never speaks,
never has to defend his words.
But to do so out of ignorance or fear
is a poor excuse to continue the practice…”
 
Few issues have changed the landscape of American families like the development and eventual moral acceptance of medical birth control. Wherever you stand on the issue, it cannot be debated [...]

Only @ Southern…

As my brother Terry Delaney alluded to recently in a comment, dumbness may in fact be genetic, but I offer to you today that it may be denominational as well…
Only at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary could you walk into the showers in Whitsitt Hall (an all male dormitory) and see that some genius had [...]

Standing Out In The Cold: Further Confessions of a Christian Pro-Life Activist

“Lord, they have killed thy prophets,
and digged down thine altars;
and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
But what saith the answer of God unto him?
I have reserved to myself seven thousand men,
who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.”
- Romans 11:3-4

We know from God’s answer and from other Scripture, [...]

I Interrupt This Break To Issue A Challenge To Seminarians: Are You Your Brother’s Keeper

My blog-break is going well, but this issue was pressing enough for me to make an exception to the rule.

I would like to publicly issue a part-challenge, part-exhortation, part-plea to my Southern Baptist Seminary brethren on behalf of a campaign that is underway here in Louisville that is intent on putting an end to [...]

Western Echoes At “Southern” Seminary’s Convocation: God Bless Dr…..

Today marked the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Spring 2008 Convocation. And as I made my way from Dr. Nettles’ Church History class, down the hallowed halls of Norton Hall on my way to Alumni Chapel for the service, I realized I had walked right into the rallying point of the seminary faculty as they prepared [...]

God Bless Texas (Baptists) And Their Hats: Why I’m Adding Paige Patterson To My Christmas Card List

There are few times that I’ll ever publicly disagree with Dr. Tom Ascol, the Executive Director of Founder’s Ministries. And after meeting him personally last semester while he was visiting the Louisville-area for a conference, I was glad to confirm that he too was a fellow Texas Aggie grad, and that makes it even harder [...]

2007 in Review: Finding Grace With Law(n) Gospel

“The law says, Do, and life you’ll win;
But grace says, Live, for all is done;
The former cannot ease my grief,
The latter yields me full relief.”
The law excludes not boasting vain,
But rather feeds it to my bane;
But gospel grace allows no boasts,
Save in the King, the Lord of Hosts.“

 
There are many things [...]

The Name Game: Is Calling Yourself a “Christian” Really That Important?

Centurion over at the Pyromaniacs lays it out quite clearly. Be sure and read the entire post here….
“Listen: there’s no question that there are some people who are inside the boundaries of the church who, frankly, blow it. In fact, you cannot find any age of the church in which the church wasn’t cross-populated with [...]

Another reason I like Dr. Russell Moore…

In Dr. Moore’s systematic class a few weeks ago, while discussing the eternal nature of God, Moore quoted Augustine (via Calvin) in a response that Augustine gave to an inquiring seminary student.
The student asked something along the lines of “What was God doing before he created the world?” Augustine’s answer: “Creating a hell for people [...]