Generally, yes, but Southern Baptist identity does not currently require undesignated Cooperative Program giving. 1. Everyone's giving is a tactical move. (e.g. Southern Baptists rarely support Presbyterian or Methodist missions efforts, though some do.) 2. Persuading

Half of this room is 75 years old

Dr. Iorg should resign. These issues can be resolved: all it takes is restoring trust with the churches that cut the checks. But rather than admitting anything, he blames YOU for noticing. It’s time for new leaders who will remember where the headquarters of the SBC really is.

The Puritan desire to continually cleanse the ranks before fighting the enemy simply means the enemy never gets fought. It is in the fighting that purification happens.

Stunning and brave

This is too good. Gavin Ortlund should definitely do this.

Now we know where the term “diagonalization” comes from Thanks Trig Eva!

American woman on government benefits including EBT Food Stamps outright says she just doesn’t want to work “Go get a job. Work 40 hours a week” “I don't want to — No, I don’t want to” There are millions of people abusing the system just like this, and we’re paying for it

EBT should just be abolished outright. 95 percent of the people on the program could easily feed themselves. They just don’t feel like making the effort. The other 5 percent can rely on charities, soup kitchens, food drives, churches, etc. The program is a disaster. Get rid of it

Here's your reminder that "theological triage" is supposedly a first-tier issue but is not found in Scripture, is not clearly defined as being about centrality of doctrine versus urgency, does not do anything to resolve disagreement, and is abused by leftists to dismiss drift.

Tim, hear me out. It’s time to think bigger. Why don’t we simply print $100 trillion new dollars and invest it into SNAP to generate $180 trillion in economic activity and pay down the US government debt?

Many leaders have been urging Willy Rice to run for SBC president. After months of listening and praying, he is ready to make an announcement. The SBC needs to unite around bold conviction and missional zeal. Many of us believe Willy is the faithful, tested, and effective

"These men are pastors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders of all sorts. The Gig Eva guys I know didn’t have their platforms handed to them; they created their own platforms because Big Eva gatekept them out." Michael Clary responds to Carl Trueman centerforbaptistleadership.org/big-eva-vs-gig…

Having a third of my income confiscated so that layabouts can buy crab legs at my expense does indeed make my life worse

Women shouldn’t instruct pastors in how to preach. This isn’t complicated.

Culture isn't a magical immaterial substance that hovers over some particular piece of dirt. It's the product of a people. This makes it stubborn and resistant to change. All the wishes in the world won't change this basic fact.

Call me crazy, but this sounds like the folks who seem to have forgotten what the Book of Church Order says about deacons

“The question isn’t ‘Who is a pastor?’ The Bible and the BF&M make that clear: Only a biblically-qualified man. The question is whether we, as a local association, will stand up in the midst of a watching world and say it with our chest?” centerforbaptistleadership.org/the-fight-agai…

Juries don't work because you changed the people Flying doesn't work because you changed the people Stores, schools, hospitals--they don't work because you changed the people You can't change the people and keep the system, the system was made for the people