Posts by: Drew Wales
In Part 1, we saw Dr. Smith’s account of the 1961 Oklahoma Bible Conference in which Dr. Dale Moody’s message created a firestorm of controversy over the historic Baptist position of Perseverance. This caused a resolution to be signed and sent to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary calling for a review of Moody’s “doctrinal soundness.” Duke [...]
Dale Moody was professor of theology from 1948-1984 at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. According to the Seminary’s website, Moody entered “early retirement” due to “his urging of Southern to change its Abstract of Principles and conflicts with Southern Baptists on the issue of apostasy…”
Would you be disappointed if you went to see Billy Graham and he did not show up? That is exactly what happened in 1961 to a group of hopefuls that showed up to hear the famous preacher speak. It turns out Billy Graham had a first cousin by the same name. Here is the article [...]
Here is a letter recorded in the 1857 SBC Annual, as the Choctaw brothers were pleading for help from the Baptists. A short time since we received a petition, signed by five Choctaws, praying for more missionaries. We give it place here:
Death of Rev. Isaac McCoy. The following extract from the Baptist Pioneer, will communicate the mournful and unexpected event of the death of a brother, who for many years continued the steady friend of the red men of the forest: Departed this life, after an illness of twenty-one days, at his residence in this city,”at 9—30m. P. M , on [...]
“The Board being so pressed I have declined two months’ salary. This I do very cheerfully, though it presses me. I have lived with sufficient comfort in some things, but have used and am using a very strict economy, foregoing many things that I think few brethren would wish or expect me to do.”- [...]
Many had some things to say about the SBC in New Orleans earlier this week. You heard from me in the previous post, here are a few others. Click on his name to read his comments. Alan Cross- He nominated Dave Miller, the 2nd VP of the SBC. Albert Mohler- President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary [...]
What an amazing weekend at the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans, LA! If you were unable to attend, you missed a great weekend of fellowship, food, and fun. I was able to take part in some amazing conversations with some big names in the SBC and was thoroughly pleased with the results of the [...]
We are loading the families up and headed to NOLA for the SBC Annual Meeting! Blog posts will be scant or non-existent until we return, but be sure to follow me on twitter here and Josh here as we will be constantly tweeting from the floor. If you are looking for constant updates on #sbc, [...]
Dr. Scott Culpepper is Assistant Professor of History at Louisiana College and he is the author of Francis Johnson and the English Separatist Influence. He is married to Ginger and the father of 3. His education includes: Ph.D., Baylor University M.A., Northwestern State University M. Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary B.A., Louisiana College Why did John Smyth take such a [...]
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