Keith Throop Calvinism, Pastoral Ministry

Piper on How to Teach and Preach Calvinism

Ten years ago John Piper made the following recommendations on How to Teach and Preach "Calvinism": 1. Be rigorously textual in all your expositions and explanations and defenses of Calvinistic teachings. Make it a textual issue every time, not a logic issue or an experience issue. 2. Don't be strident but gentle. Assume that working … Continue reading Piper on How to Teach and Preach Calvinism

Keith Throop Baptist Covenant Theology, Calvinism, Polls, What Is a Reformed Baptist?

"What is a Reformed Baptist?" Poll Results

Although I had planned to run the poll for an entire year, I have discovered that Blogger's poll feature began to lose votes after it passed 100. It seemed to work fine, in fact, until it got up to 114 votes, after which votes began to disappear and the number began to fluctuate up and … Continue reading "What is a Reformed Baptist?" Poll Results

Keith Throop Calvinism, Items of Interest

SBC Increase in Calvinist Pastors

In a November 27 article entitled, Study: Recent grads 3 times more likely to be Calvinists, Baptist Press reported a rise in Calvinist pastors among recent seminary graduates now serving in as pastors in SBC churches. The report asserted: Nearly 30 percent of recent SBC seminary graduates now serving as church pastors identify themselves as … Continue reading SBC Increase in Calvinist Pastors

Keith Throop Calvinism, Items of Interest

The Reformed Renewal Among Baptists

Clint Humfrey is a former professor of New Testament Greek at Toronto Baptist Seminary and currently serves as pastor of Calvary Grace Church in Calgary, Alberta. He has written an interesting November 12 article entitled The Reformed Renewal on his Cowboyology Blog. I thought this blog's readers might find it interesting as well. Here is … Continue reading The Reformed Renewal Among Baptists

Keith Throop Apologetics, Calvinism

The "God of Calvinism" is the God of the Bible

In an August 28 article entitled Calvinist View of Bridge Collapse Distorts God's Character, Roger Olson, professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, discussed the tragic bridge collapse this year in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the article, Olson criticizes the Calvinist view of God that sees Him as sovereign even over such terrible calamities. … Continue reading The "God of Calvinism" is the God of the Bible

Keith Throop Calvinism, Items of Interest

Ten Percent of SBC Pastors Call Themselves 5-point Calvinists

Ten percent of SBC pastors call themselves 5-point Calvinists Published September 28, 2006 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — While LifeWay Research found the number of Southern Baptist pastors embracing five-point Calvinism to be relatively small, it is undeniable that the conversations on Calvinism within the Southern Baptist Convention have brought renewed interest to the theological system. … Continue reading Ten Percent of SBC Pastors Call Themselves 5-point Calvinists

Keith Throop Calvinism, Items of Interest

Calvinists "Worse than Muslims"?

Many of you may be aware of the consistent anti-Calvinist teaching of Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Theological Seminary at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. But are you aware of just how strident and unjust his characterizations of Calvinists sometimes are? Here is an example of one such unwarranted attack from his QUESTIONS ON NEO-CALVINISM, … Continue reading Calvinists "Worse than Muslims"?

Keith Throop Calvinism, Items of Interest

Richard Belcher an Unsung Hero of the "Calvinist Comeback"

Back in September Christianity Today published a cover story entitled "Young, Restless, Reformed: Calvinism is making a comeback—and shaking up the church." I am somewhat late in responding to this article, but perhaps this is fitting given that Christianity Today is pretty late in publishing such an article. The resurgence of the Doctrines of Grace … Continue reading Richard Belcher an Unsung Hero of the "Calvinist Comeback"