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Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
Jonathan Leeman responds to Gavin Ortlund's concerns about implicit Donatism in Baptist thought as well as his other criticisms of closed membership.
Matthew LoftusFamily
Sorry there was no post yesterday. Today I wanted to share a sweet music video from Jenny & Tyler’s latest record, There Will Be A Song:
Jake MeadorEconomicshealth
If you haven’t yet, please do read Anne Helen Peterson’s excellent Buzzfeed essay on millennials and burnout. My first reaction to the essay was to agree with nearly every word of it and pass it on to others. But after […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
We’ve started 2019 with a bang, as Dr. Tim Keller joins the show to discuss The Prodigal Prophet, his new book on Jonah. The iTunes feed is here, if you’d like to subscribe (thanks to everyone who has reviewed us so kindly) […]
Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
Gavin Ortlund responds to Jonathan Leeman's criticism of his arguments for some version of open membership practices in Baptist churches.
Jake Meador
The good folks over at The Weekly Standard deserve a ton of credit for their fast work in relaunching a new publication, The Bulwark, in the aftermath of their untimely shuttering last month. What follows will be mostly critical so I want […]
Guest WriterFeatured
By Michael Lynch Today, if you walk into a random art gallery in the Grand Rapids, Mich. area, you might come across an 18th century Dutch landscape oil painting with a windmill or a church in its background. Perhaps, the […]
Matthew LoftusFamily
My wife and I read Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family last year and really enjoyed it. (We have also really enjoyed putting some of its recommendations into practice! Now, there’s a 21-day challenge you can do with your family, starting […]
Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
(1: Gavin Ortlund’s Initial Post, 3: Gavin Ortlund’s Response, 4: Jonathan Leeman’s Final Response) Gavin, Thank you for the opportunity to interact with you on this matter. I’m grateful for you and our partnership in the gospel, and I remember your time […]
Guest WriterFeatured
By Gina Dalfonzo “The variety of Dorothy Sayers’s work makes it almost impossible to find anyone who can deal properly with it all,” wrote C. S. Lewis in his eulogy for his friend and fellow writer. “. . . I […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
On the fence just down the street from the hospital where I work in Kenya, there is a sign for a “Dr. Musa” promising treatments for everything from “business” to “male strength”. Sometimes as I walk through town, I will […]
Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
It should be possible for Baptists to both have defined membership practices in their church and to receive those baptized as infants into full membership.