Just a question here to start off the week: Is the “Leadership” emphasis biblical or is it just practical? We Independent Baptists have our “Leadership Conferences,” every year a multitude of new leadership books come off of Christian presses, and you’ll have no problem finding a multitude of blogs and podcasts featuring some one’s tips [...]

I believe wholeheartedly that the time has come for Independent Baptist pastors to take a firm stand against non-biblical preaching. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have started this site. Most independent Baptist preachers that I know would affirm that they are Bible preachers and they think Bible preaching is important. Most independent Baptist Bible colleges [...]

A few weeks ago, I posted about some problems that we young Independent Baptists face. I named five of them, and I said that personally, I was going to obey the command to “mark and avoid” the people who are guilty of those things. I’m not satisfied with a single blog post, I really want [...]

I teach a Bible Survey class at a local Bible Institute. In preparation for that class this week, I’ve been reading through Joshua. As I was reading, I found a story in Joshua 22 which has amazing implications for preachers. Joshua 22 Way back in the Deuteronomy years, Isreal had conquered some land under Moses’ [...]

In the middle of 1 Corinthians 4, the apostle Paul launches on the most sarcastic rebuke recorded in scripture. What was he rebuking in this Corinthian church? Was it there bad views of spiritual gifts? their immorality? their lack of charity? No. He was rebuking their arrogance. And not just any arrogance, a certain kind [...]

My very first week at Bible Baptist, I started preaching series in Matthew and Exodus. Now, a year and a half later, I’m almost finished with Exodus and I’ve just reached the half way point in Matthew. I don’t say that to brag, I’m not trying to pass myself off as a noble expository preacher. [...]

Last night I preached a message on “Dealing with the Gray Areas.”  I don’t preach topical messages very often, but I thought this would be helpful and it was very well received.  Below is the link to the sermon audio for the sermon, and underneath that, a blog post summary of what I preached. Much [...]

I believe in ecclesiastical separation. I take the command of scripture to “mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” (Romans 16:17) very seriously. I believe that we should “earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints.” (Jude 2) However, I think that [...]

[box] This post is a part of my series on Surviving the IFB Revolution Without Becoming A Revolutionary.  In each post, I’m going to suggest something that will enable us young preachers to stay balanced and grateful in the midst of the changes being brought about in out movement because of the internet. You can [...]

We are in the middle of an independent Baptist revolution. The cause of the American Revolution was the distance from Europe coupled with the obnoxious tax practices of the English government. The cause of the French Revolution was the starving French people coupled with the opulence of the French monarchy. The cause of our current [...]