by David Allen | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dr. M. E. Dodd, pastor of First Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA for forty years (1912-1952) founded the Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastors’ Conference in 1935 and served as its chairman (president) for fifteen years. Herschel Hobbs succeeded him and became president...
by David Allen | Jun 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Porter Routh, long-time Executive Secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee for twenty-eight years (1951-1979), wrote an interesting book published in 1978 on the subject of the alternate sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention entitled...
by David Allen | May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
This is the third and final post on The Synod of Dort and the Extent of the Atonement. If you missed the previous two posts they may be accessed here: Part 1 and Part 2. This material is excerpted from pages 154-157 of my book The Extent of the Atonement, minus the...
by David Allen | May 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today marks the 500th anniversary of the final meeting of the months-long Synod of Dort. This post is the second of a three-part post taken from my book The Extent of the Atonement. Part 2. Dort’s “Second Head of Doctrine—the Death of Christ, and the Redemption of...
by David Allen | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
May 29, 2019, marks the 500th anniversary of the final session of the months-long Synod of Dort which was in session from November 13, 1618–May 29, 1619. The Synod of Dort, along with the Westminster Assembly (1643–1648), were the two most important events in Reformed...