If you call yourself Baptist – and you are a Pastor, a Sunday School teacher, or even a ‘Christian’ blogger, and you encourage people who are professing Christians, to read or follow anything by The Gospel Coalition, or listen to and trust those who promote them, I truly do not see how you can possibly […]
Tag Archives: Baptist
Should Christians Observe Lent?
posted by Joel Taylor
I’m not against traditions, generally speaking. On the contrary, I’m all for it. Raised in the South, I enjoy Southern traditions to the hilt, and unapologetically. Yet, when it comes to Christians observing Lent, I’m a little more than hesitant to give a green light. The practice and observance of Lent is extra-Biblical, human tradition, […]
Cooperative Baptists Going the Way of Emergents
posted by Joel Taylor
There’s a disturbing and growing trend in Baptist camps, namely, that of the practice of contemplative worship. It’s an ancient form of worship alright, but it’s not biblical. Just more strange fire leading Protestants back to Romish popery. This article in the Associated Baptist Press (ABP) talks about this growing trend. Listen to one […]
10 Reasons to Stop Calling the Gospel ‘Scandalous’
posted by Joel Taylor
but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. – I Corinthians 1:23, 24 To those religious Jews in the days surrounding the crucifixion of Christ Jesus, anyone put […]
A Sunday Invitation
posted by Joel Taylor
If you’re in Southwest Virginia this weekend, or planning a visit anytime, I’d like to invite you to join us for worship at Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Copper Hill, VA. Sunday School is at 10 a.m. Morning Worship at 11 a.m. Evening Worship and Bible Study at 6 p.m. Our address: Mount Olivet Baptist […]
What Is A Baptist?
posted by Joel Taylor
If asked the question, I would say…. A Baptist, being the only non-Protestant and non-catholic Christian group on the planet, above all holds the Bible alone as the sole authority to faith and practice. Baptists fought for and won by God’s grace liberty of conscience, individual soul liberty. A Baptist’ believes the local church is […]
Russell Moore, Al Mohler–Blurring the Line Between the Holy & the Profane
posted by Joel Taylor
From Newcalvinist: “Dr. Russell Moore spoke about how the church can dialogue with the hip-hop culture. He said: There is something in hip-hop that we can learn from in all kinds of ways, in our evangelism, in our discipleship, in our preaching, especially in our preaching. He asserted that the lyrics of rap music are […]
Why Fred Luter Was Elected Leader of the SBC
posted by Joel Taylor
They say … this will say a lot to the kingdom of heaven that here’s a convention that was started as a result of slavery and the past that we have, now an African American pastor is leading them. I just feel that with my personality and my commitment to the Word of God, that […]
That Strange Little Greek Word
posted by Joel Taylor
“It is often said that the Greek preposition ‘eis,’ translated ‘into,’ means ‘to,’ and that Philip and the eunuch went only to the water. If this is true, then the ‘wise men’ did not go ‘into the house,’ and did not return “into their own country,” and the demons (Matthew 8:31-33) did not enter ‘into […]
It’s Easy, or Maybe Not
posted by Joel Taylor
It’s easy to become more outspoken on generally accepted views within the reformed, Calvinistic community, isn’t it? It’s easier to be more openly pro-life. It’s easier to be more openly anti-gay. It’s easier to be more openly ‘conservative’, whatever that means. It’s all so much easier, especially when you are backed by a herd of […]
Answering Dr. R.C. Sproul
posted by Joel Taylor
There is no explicit command to baptize infants of believing parents. There is no prohibition or forbidding command in Scripture against the baptism of infants. We do have explicit commands in Scripture for the baptism of believing adults, along with the explicit requirement of a profession of faith prior to baptism. This, I believe, will […]
The Baptist Dog
posted by Joel Taylor
A Baptist couple felt it important to own an equally Baptist pet. So, they went shopping. At a kennel specializing in this particular breed, they found a dog they liked quite a lot. When they asked the dog to fetch the Bible, he did it in a flash. When they instructed him to look up […]
Justification & the 1689 London Baptist Confession
posted by Joel Taylor
Under the heading for Justification, the 1689 London Baptist Confession says this: 1._____ Those whom God effectually calleth, he also freely justifieth, not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ’s […]
John Piper Succession Team Underway
posted by Joel Taylor
From Bethlehem Baptist Church: The Succession Search Team (made up of elders from the former “Vision & Succession” Committee and our lead pastors) would like the congregation to be apprised of the timeline and status of the search for a pastor to succeed Pastor John. Please use the timeline for this process(as described at the […]
John Leland: Confessions of Faith A ‘Virgin Mary’
posted by Joel Taylor
Why this Virgin Mary between the souls of men and the scriptures? Had a system of religion been essential to salvation, or even to the happiness of the saints, would not Jesus, who was faithful in all his house, have left us one? If he has, it is accessible to all. If he has not, […]
If You’re Baptist, Say So, and If You’re Not…
posted by Joel Taylor
There are certain things that make a Baptist a Baptist. One is the absolute resolution that the Bible is the sole, final authority in all things, life and practice. That alone covers a lot of ground doesn’t it? It means that if you’re going to call yourself a Baptist, you cannot be non-denominational. If you […]
John Piper Does Not Understand Justification
posted by Joel Taylor
Justification is a declaration coming from the throne of God regarding our judicial, legal standing before God and His Law. It is God declaring us righteous! That is, it is a declaration from God declaring that we are in perfect conformity to His Law. It is not progressive as the Roman Catholic cult teaches. Justification […]
Baptists Are Different
posted by Joel Taylor
Yes, true Baptists are different! We are different because of certain important beliefs and certain important doctrinal emphases. We glory primarily in the Cross—the redemptive work of Christ, but there is more to a true proclamation of the Gospel than that. There is a necessary presentation of the “whole counsel of God”, or heresy easily […]
Protestant Heresies
posted by Joel Taylor
Baptists of our day must remember that we are not Catholic or Protestants! I want to include several quotes from some "Patriarchs of the Faith" that absolutely reveal why we cannot yoke up with the Catholics and Protestants. John Wesley- "By baptism, we, who are ‘by nature the children of wrath’ are made the children […]
