INTRODUCTION Among English Baptists of the eighteenth-century, Anne Dutton was known as “the most theologically capable and influential Baptist woman of her day.” Anne Dutton’s hymns, poems, letters, and writings have had a tremendous influence on Baptistic life in the eighteenth-century. In this paper, we will look at the life of Anne Dutton and answer […]
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Standing in the Pulpit
I am of the conviction that we should, as much as we can, have reasons for everything we do as a church. This includes having reasons why your sanctuary is set up the way it is, such as the position of the pulpit, the communion elements, and the like. Everything symbolizes your beliefs, or lack […]
The Divine Wrestler
The latter portion of Genesis 32 contains the event of Jacob wrestling with God. It is a Sunday school story those of us who grew up in church know, but not one we understand. While it is what we might call a “cool” story it often leaves us a bit puzzled. I think one of […]
Against Multiple Services
I do not believe that churches should have multiple morning services on the Lord’s day for their congregants to choose from (ex. 9:30, 10:30, and 11:30). My main reasoning is two fold: 1) it unnecessarily divides the body; and 2) it forces the services into a cookie cutter time constraint. I will address these two […]
A Small Plea for a Return to the Confessions
On October 22, 2017 Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas Texas, invited Fox News political commentator Sean Hannity to his church. Sean Hannity wasn’t there to participate in worship of the one true God. He was there to be interviewed in the time slot where the Lord Jesus Christ was to be […]