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Issue 93 (Summer 2013)
Can Baptists Thrive on Controversy?
Download the most recent Founders eJournal Available in two digital formats ($1.99 each): ePub edition (for iBooks, Nook and other ePub readers) mobi edition (for Kindle, Kindle Fire and other mobi readers) Contents Can Baptists Thrive on Controversy? (Tom Nettles)
Baptist Identity Crisis (Erik Smith)
Spurgeon's Theory of Theological Controversy (Tom Nettles) J. Frank Norris: No Independent (Matthew Lyon) Past issues of the Founders Journal are available in PDF format for free in our online archives. |
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Paul's Mission and His Partners in Ministry
Lessons on Leadership Training
by Phil Newton
 Who trained leaders to plant congregations in the early church? That has been the subject of my past three blogposts. We first looked at a general introduction to leadership training in the book of Acts, followed by the early signs of leadership development in Acts, and then the church spreading through the church planting ministry of the saints scattered due to persecution. The present post will take a brief glance at training with Paul's mission and his partners in ministry.
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Selecting Music for Worship
Part 2: Know Theology
by Ken Puls
 How well do you know the music your church sings in worship? Can you think, for example, of a song that teaches that sin corrupts and deceives the heart? Or a song that unfolds the work of the Trinity in our salvation? If you were to measure the depth of doctrine and the breadth of truth in your church's music for worship, what would you find?
A Resource for Pastors, Musicians and others who select music for worship: A Theological Outline for Indexing Music for Worship
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Read Part 1: Know the Word
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Fuller's Fear of the Slippery Slope
by Tom Nettles
 In my most recent post, I mentioned that Fuller envisioned true Christianity as a hearty reception of the deity and the atoning work of Christ with "other corresponding doctrines." In the framework of that nomenclature, Fuller located the fall of man and its consequences in the determination of God to show his perfect grace in the effectual provision of full redemption for those given to Christ, and to show his perfect justice and holiness in the punishment of sin for those given over to themselves.
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Theme: A Historic Southern Baptist View of Salvation
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January 16-18, 2014
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Theme: The Church: From a Biblical Perspective
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