Conversion is a Baptist’s cup of tea, fraught with diverse theologies

I. I guess you can say that we Baptists have a love affair with conversions.  Audacious, Damascus-road conversions.  If someone comes up to you on the street and asks if you’re saved, I’ll bet my Bible he’s a Baptist.  To this day, despite the fact that I’m in the ministry, I still have Baptist pastors–“preacherContinue reading “Conversion is a Baptist’s cup of tea, fraught with diverse theologies”

Powerful Bread, powerful wine: Eucharist from a unique Baptist perspective

During communion several Sundays ago, I had a chance to reflect on the Great Recession and recent hardships facing Christ’s Church in North America.  The lousy economy, a growing atheist movement unashamedly spreading the non-gospel of unbelief, waning baptism and attendance records in churches, and weakening denominations confront Christians with various challenges. While the deacons were servingContinue reading “Powerful Bread, powerful wine: Eucharist from a unique Baptist perspective”