Distinctive Baptist Beliefs

Baptist Distinctives
19 Sermons on the Baptist Faith & Message
Reporting on the SBC for Dummies

Perseverance
Baptists on Perseverance (from various sources)
Final Perseverance by John L. Dagg
Perseverance on One Page, in Four Statements by Derek Gentle
Baptists on Perseverance (from various sources)
Perseverance & Assurance, Thomas R. Schreiner

Believer's Baptism
Baptists on Baptism (quotes from various sources)
Baptism by John L. Dagg
Baptizo: Links to Articles on Baptism
Baptism - outline by Derek Gentle

The Priesthood of All Believers
The Priesthood of All Believers & the Quest for Theological Integrity
by Timothy George (Also discusses Soul Competence)
Baptists on The Priesthood of All Believers
Notes on the Priesthood of All Believers, Derek Gentle

The Local Church: Regenerate & Autonomous
Baptists on the Autonomy of the Local Church
The Believers Church - outline by Derek Gentle
The Biblical Role of Deacons
The Biblical Role of Deacons, pdf
Elders, Pastors & Deacons by John Piper

Religious Liberty/Church & State
Baptists on Religious Liberty, Church & State


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Southern Baptist Confessions of Faith
2000 Baptist Faith and Message (Current Southern Baptist Confession of Faith)
Preamble 2000 Baptist Faith and Message
19 Sermons on the Baptist Faith & Message
Articles on the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message
(Baptist Press articles by various Southern Baptists on each section of the BF&M)
Baptist Faith & Message Book for The Online Bible (Book for the Online Bible)
2000, '63, '25 Baptist Faith & Message Side by Side - (On BSP)
2000, '63, '25 Baptist Faith & Message Side by Side - (on SBCNet)
The 2000 Baptist Faith & Message Revisions (article listing changes)
1963 Baptist Faith and Message
1925 Baptist Faith and Message
1994 Report of the Presidential Theological Study Committee
1987 Peace Committee Report
1858 Abstract of Principles, Southern Seminary
New Hampshire Baptist Confession of 1833
The Philadelphia Confession of Faith
First London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1646
Circular Letters of Baptists
Charles H. Spurgeon's Catechism of 1855

Know the Truth: A Catechism
Based on 2000 Baptist Faith & Message


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Topics Under Discussion in Southern Baptist Life

The Baptist Center, NOBTS
Baptist2Baptist
Conference: Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, & the Future of Denominationalism, Union University
Baptist Identity Conferences, Union University
Southern Baptist Blogs: A BSP Sub-index

Great Commission Resurgence
Great Commission Resurgence Task Force - official web site
February 22 Progress Report
Audio: March 16 Interview with Task Force Members
Read and Post Reactions to Interview
Baptist Messenger: Podcast Interview with David Dockery

Reactions & Responses...
The First Report of the GCR Task Force: My Take, Derek Gentle
NOBA (Network of Baptist Associatons): GCR on the Web
NOBA: DOMs Respond to GCR
Between the Times Blog, Daniel Akin & others
BP: Component by Component, Scott Brewer
BP: State Cooperative Agreements
BP: GCR Report Could Put New Work Conventions Out of Business
BP: A Death Sentence for Western State Conventions, Joseph Bunce
BP: Cooperative Agreements & Accountability
BP: Al Mohler on State Cooperative Agreements
BP: NAMB Revises Data to GCRTF
BP: GCR Terminology a CP Disaster
BP: New Paradigms Needed, Rankin
BP: NAMB chairman responds to GCR
Search Baptist Press for Latest News
The Alabama Baptist: GCR Section
Search Floirda Baptist Witness for GCR Articles
Great Commission Kentucky
Bart Barber: I Would Love to Sign the Great Commission Resurgence, But...
Bart Barber: Why Southern Baptists Need the Trustee System

How it All Got Began...
Daniel Akin's Call for a Great Commission Resurgence
MP3: Daniel Akin Addresses Union University on Great Commission Resurgence   Manuscript
MP3: Al Mohler on The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention   Video
Panel Discussion at SBTS: Southern Baptists & the Great Commission Resurgence


Election & Predestination
Baptist2Baptist Resources
Baptist2Baptist: Al Mohler & Paige Patterson
What are the basic differences between Calvinism and Arminianism?
BP: Does God choose who will believe?
BP: For whom did Christ die?
BP: Calvinism examined in its Baptist context
BP: Stereotypes hinder SBC Calvinism dialogue
BP: Study: Recent grads 3 times more likely to be Calvinists
LifeWay: Study Report

Name Change
Let's Change the Name of the Southern Baptist Convention, Derek Gentle
Baptist2Baptist Resources

Prayer Languages
What Were Tongues & Prophecy in Paul's Day? Notes on I Corinthians 14
BP: Theologians offer views on ‘private prayer language’
BP: Prayer language debate: whose history is correct?

Deacons & Elders
Articles on Elders & Deacons, 9Marks.org
N.O. Baptist Center Blog: Ed Stetzer
N.O. Baptist Center Blog: Rick Lance

Church Discipline
Baptist2Baptist Resources

Evangelical Manifesto
An Evangelical Manifesto pdf
BP: Al Mohler's Response to the Manifesto
One of Manifesto Authors, Os Guinness, Discusses with Al Mohler



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Theological Reference Resources

General Theological Reference
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
Fides Quaerens Internetum - Christian Theology
Leadership U Theology
Western Seminary Papers

Systematic Theology Taught by Wayne Grudem
Audio & Handouts, Scottsdale Bible Church, Phoenix
(Teaching Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, Zondervan, 1994)

Baptist Works on Doctrine (Online Books)
J P Boyce: Abstract of Systematic Theology
J L Dagg: Manual of Theology
John Gill: A Body of Doctrinal & Practical Divinity

Other Online Books on Systematic Theology
Summary of Christian Doctrine, Louis Berkof
John Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion
Systematic Theology, R.L. Dabney
John Gill: A Body of Doctrinal & Practical Divinity
Systematic Theology, Charles Hodge
Luther's Table Talk
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