Author: art rogers
Interlude…
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
Having recovered, somewhat, from back to back Baptist Identity Conference and Mission Trip to Mexico, I want you to know my upcoming plans for blogging.
Next week, Paul Burleson will be with our church as we host a “Week of Renewal.”
I think we confuse the issues so much when we have “Revival.” Too often we mix evangelistic/crusade style services with a theme that is targeted toward Christians drawing together. We are focusing on the church with no illusions about it being a crusade. On the other hand, it is my fervent prayer that this week will stoke our evangelistic zeal. Dr. Jack MacGorman pointed out, when I took his class on the book of “Acts,” that every time the Holy Spirit was poured out, one thing consistently happened: The church became incredibly evangelistic and thousands were won to the Lord.
Obviously, my mind has been, and is, focused on the week ahead.
Still, I have a series of posts that have been germinating in my mind for the last month. This series will take on the issues of convention politics, emergent Southern Baptist churches, Glocalization, Young Leaders and the future of the SBC. Just to name a few.
Frankly, this series has my full attention and is the culmination of many, many things. As such, and to give enough room for a healthy discussion period, I am going to separate the articles by several days and may post other, news related, articles between these major posts. Or maybe not. It depends.
Later this week:
The Organic Revolution
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February 27th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Art,
It will be great to hear from you again. You and your church are going to be sooooooo blessed with Paul!
What a great week we had when he was here last month! I can’t wait to hear what God does next week!
I will be praying for your church and Paul!
February 27th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Welcome back. I’ll look forward to reading the series.
February 27th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Art,
I trust that the wrap-up of your mission trip to Mexico went well and am glad that you’re safely back. My prayers are with you as you are blessed with Paul Burleson’s ministry this next week. Your reference to Dr. Gorman brought back some wonderful memories. He was an outstanding NT prof at Southwestern and I thoroughly enjoyed every course that I was able to take with him. One of my favorites was an elective in Romans in which we used his own commentary, entitled “Romans: Everyman’s Gospel.” I also appreciated his stance on the BF&M 2000. Like Justice Anderson, he refused to sign the document. While both of these outstanding professors continued to office on the SWBTS campus and Dr. MacGorman even had a building named in his honor, neither was allowed to teach because they could not in good faith and conscience sign the BF&M 2000. That stance resonated strongly with me as I found myself faced with the same issue while serving with the IMB in the spring of 2002.