I plan on attending both! Yes, I would like to meet and chat. You need to meet Nathan White as well. Greay guy and committed to reformation!

Thanks for your response! I agree about the dreams” At night” about our convention. I hope you never thought I was questioning your passion to see reform in the SBC. Thanks for making this clearer. I have enjoyed reading your blogs at Founders. Hope we can talk sometime?

I would love for all Christians to embrace Reformed thought (where it is Biblical: concerning law, covenants, soteriology, theo proper, etc). This includes our Convention leaders. So, yes in my dreams at night our Convention is confessional (in the reformed sense) and missional. But the reality is we are a very diverse body, and the majority of our churches are not Reformed. So the question is how do we move forward as a cooperative group?

Obviously we must cooperate under a more basic/baptist/evangelical confession. My hope is that when God brings revival to his people again there will be a rediscovery of Reformed thought across our Convention. Our part is to be preaching, teaching, dialoging about these things.

The 1689? I love it. But it’s not “inerrant” and I have a lot to say on the need to draw up current confessions that are reformed. I will save it for a future post.

I have problems with Akin’s views, on some subjects. Will those cause problems? I think they can, but not necessarily so. And that is what most of our churches believe.

In the end, I expect the convention to be, at least, welcoming of calvinist churches. In my case they were. I know others who have been buried because of it.

I do believe you would want to see the SBC be totally Calvinistic? Since you embrace this theologyso, Why would you not? Let me be clear that I feel the same way about Dr. Akin as you have posted. However, are you saying that for some reason if we as a convention would and could adopt the 1689 you would not be for it? Please answer this if you will? Also, please note that I’m not for as ” Charles” put it on another blog that he would love to see Calvinist kicked out of the SBC . I would want to see the SBC arminians reform in their theology but not kick them out however I would want all SBC leaders( Seminary Presidents , teachers, and the President) to embrace fully the 1689. If we don’t bad theology will pop up again and again. Do you not see even Dr.Akins view of the atonement dangerous in how it represents Christ and His work? Remember I do believe Danny is miles apart from alot of these guys and that is so good.