Baptist Center for Theology & Ministry

Index

African-American

• The African American Baptist Pastor and Church Government: The Myth of the Dictator

anthropology

• "Evangelical Theology in the Twenty-First Century" by Steve W. Lemke (58-77)

archaeology

• "Setting Jesus Free from Postmodern Reconstructions: Was Jesus a Galilean Jew or a Jewish Hellenist?" by Steven M. Ortiz (113-134)

Atonement

• "Revisiting Penal Substitution" by Kevin D. Kennedy (38-54)
• "Two Aspects in the Design of Christ’s Atonement" by Wayne S. Hansen (85-98)

authority

• "Pastoral Leadership: Authoritarian or Persuasive?" by Richard Land (74-80)
• "Congregational Priesthood and the Inventio or Invention of Authority" by Malcolm Yarnell (110-135)
• "From Church Competence to Soul Competence: The Devolution of Baptist Ecclesiology" by John Hammett (145-163)
• The African American Baptist Pastor and Church Government: The Myth of the Dictator

baptism

• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)
• "Ordinance or Sacrament: Is the Baptist View of the Ordinances Truly Biblical?" by Charles L. Quarles (47-57)

Baptist distinctives

• "Baptist Polity and Elders" by Mark E. Dever (5-37)
• "Congregational Priesthood and the Inventio or Invention of Authority" by Malcolm Yarnell (110-135)

Baptist heritage

• "Baptists and Evangelism: Passion for God, Passion for Truth, Passion for Souls" by Chad Owen Brand (17-26)

Baptist identity

• "Baptist Ecclesiology: A Faithful Application of New Testament Principles" by Daryl C. Cornett (22-44)
• "Hierarchy in the Church? Instruction from the Pastoral Epistles Concerning Elders and Overseers" by Benjamin L. Merkle (45-62)

Baptists

• JBTM 6.2 (Fall 2009) "The Proclamation of the Gospel"
• JBTM 6.1 (Spring 2009) "Foundations for Baptist Doctrines and Distinctives"
• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

Bible

• "Evangelical Theology in the Twenty-First Century" by Steve W. Lemke (58-77)

blasphemy

• "A Consideration of the Gospel Accounts of the Jewish Charge of Blasphemy Against Jesus" by Steven L. Cox (64-84)

calling

• "Rethinking the Call of God" by Bob L. Royall (139-151)

Calvin

• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)
• "Evangelical Theology in the Twenty-First Century" by Steve W. Lemke (58-77)

Calvinism

• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)
• "Evangelical Theology in the Twenty-First Century" by Steve W. Lemke (58-77)

Calvinist

• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

Catholic

• "The Passions of the Christ" by Jeff Cate (55-63)

Christ

• "Revisiting Penal Substitution" by Kevin D. Kennedy (38-54)
• "The Passions of the Christ" by Jeff Cate (55-63)
• "A Consideration of the Gospel Accounts of the Jewish Charge of Blasphemy Against Jesus" by Steven L. Cox (64-84)
• "Two Aspects in the Design of Christ’s Atonement" by Wayne S. Hansen (85-98)
• "Why Jesus is the Only Way" by Edward P. Meadors (99-112)
• "John 3:13 and the Omnipresence of Jesus Christ" by R. Larry Overstreet (135-153)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-5)

church growth

• "Passion-Driven Shepherdology: A Biblical and Practical Reconciliation of Pastoral Preaching and Church Growth" by Jim Shaddix (19-46)

congregationalism

• "An Affirmation of Congregational Polity" by James Leo Garrett, Jr. (38-55)
• "Pastoral Leadership: Authoritarian or Persuasive?" by Richard Land (74-80)
• "From Church Competence to Soul Competence: The Devolution of Baptist Ecclesiology" by John Hammett (145-163)
• "Polity and Proclamation: The Relationship Between Congregational Polity and Evangelistic Church Growth in the SBC" by Alvin L. Reid (164-187)
• "Elder Rule and Southern Baptist Church Polity" by Robert A. Wring (188-212)
• "Review of 'Logos Bible Software Series X: Scholar’s Library Silver Edition'" by Charles L. Quarles (213-215)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-5)

cooperative program

• "Baptist Polity and the State Convention" by John Sullivan (136-144)

Dead Sea Scrolls

• "Setting Jesus Free from Postmodern Reconstructions: Was Jesus a Galilean Jew or a Jewish Hellenist?" by Steven M. Ortiz (113-134)

decline

• "The State of Membership Growth, Sunday School, and Evangelism in the Southern Baptist Convention 1900-2002" by William H. Day, Jr. (107-121)

discipline

• "Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Reflections on Divorce, Remarriage, and the Seminary Professor: A Modest Proposal" by R. Stanton Norman (78-100)

discipling

• "Rethinking the Call of God" by Bob L. Royall (139-151)

divorce

• "Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Reflections on Divorce, Remarriage, and the Seminary Professor: A Modest Proposal" by R. Stanton Norman (78-100)

doctrine

• "Evangelical Theology in the Twenty-First Century" by Steve W. Lemke (58-77)

Editorial

• "Editorial " by Stan Norman (1-3)

education

• "Today’s Sunday School: Dead or Alive?" by Margaret F. Williamson (122-138)

elder

• "Baptist Polity and Elders" by Mark E. Dever (5-37)
• "The Elder and His Ministry: From a Baptist Perspective" by Gerald Cowen (56-73)
• "Elder Rule and Southern Baptist Church Polity" by Robert A. Wring (188-212)
• "Review of 'Logos Bible Software Series X: Scholar’s Library Silver Edition'" by Charles L. Quarles (213-215)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-5)
• "Why Baptist Elders Is Not an Oxymoron" by Phil A. Newton (63-73)

elder plurality

• "Why Baptist Elders Is Not an Oxymoron" by Phil A. Newton (63-73)

elders

• "Baptist Polity and Elders" by Mark E. Dever (5-37)
• "The Elder and His Ministry: From a Baptist Perspective" by Gerald Cowen (56-73)
• "Why Baptist Elders Is Not an Oxymoron" by Phil A. Newton (63-73)

Emergent Church

• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

Emerging Church

• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

epistemology

• "Evangelical Theology in the Twenty-First Century" by Steve W. Lemke (58-77)

evangelicalism

• "Evangelical Theology in the Twenty-First Century" by Steve W. Lemke (58-77)

evangelism

• "The Gospel of Jesus Christ: By Grace Through Faith" by David S. Dockery (6-37)
• "The Gospel of American Individualism Versus the Gospel of the Kingdom" by R. Alan Streett (5-18)
• "Church Planting as a Growth Strategy in the Face of Church Decline" by Will McRaney (69-93)
• "The Great Commission Imperative of Teaching: Why Christian Education Should Be On the Cutting Edge of the Church’s Mission Today" by Walter H. Norvell (94-106)
• "The State of Membership Growth, Sunday School, and Evangelism in the Southern Baptist Convention 1900-2002" by William H. Day, Jr. (107-121)
• "Today’s Sunday School: Dead or Alive?" by Margaret F. Williamson (122-138)
• "Rescue the Perishing: A Defense of Giving Invitations" by Ken Keathley (4-16)
• "Baptists and Evangelism: Passion for God, Passion for Truth, Passion for Souls" by Chad Owen Brand (17-26)

exclusivism

• "None Dare Call It Treason: Is an Inclusivist a Paul Revere or a Benedict Arnold?" by Ken Keathley (101-114)
• "Review of 'The Art of Personal Evangelism' by Will McRaney, Jr." by Terry Booth (115-118)
• "Review of 'God—The World’s Future: Systematic Theology for a New Era' 2nd ed. By Ted Peters" by Robert B. Stewart (119-120)
• "Review of 'Jesus and the Restoration of Israel: A Critical Assessment of N. T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God' ed. Carey C. Newman" by Robert B. Stewart (121-123)
• "Review of 'Holman Old Testament Commentary: Joshua' by Kenneth O. Gangel" by Steven M. Ortiz (124)
• "Review of 'The Leader’s Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation' by Jim Herrington, R. Robert Creech, and Trisha Taylor" by Steve Echols (125-126)
• "Review of 'More than Just a Name: Preserving our Baptist Identity' by R. Stanton Norman" by Steve W. Lemke (127-128)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

faith

• "The Gospel of Jesus Christ: By Grace Through Faith" by David S. Dockery (6-37)

gospel

• "The Gospel of American Individualism Versus the Gospel of the Kingdom" by R. Alan Streett (5-18)

grace

• "The Gospel of Jesus Christ: By Grace Through Faith" by David S. Dockery (6-37)

great commission

• "A University Committed to the Great Commission" by Jonathan K. Parker, Daniel Skubik, and H. Bruce Stokes (47-68)

growth

• "Passion-Driven Shepherdology: A Biblical and Practical Reconciliation of Pastoral Preaching and Church Growth" by Jim Shaddix (19-46)
• "The State of Membership Growth, Sunday School, and Evangelism in the Southern Baptist Convention 1900-2002" by William H. Day, Jr. (107-121)

historical Jesus

• "The Passions of the Christ" by Jeff Cate (55-63)

incarnation

• "John 3:13 and the Omnipresence of Jesus Christ" by R. Larry Overstreet (135-153)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-5)

inclusivism

• "None Dare Call It Treason: Is an Inclusivist a Paul Revere or a Benedict Arnold?" by Ken Keathley (101-114)
• "Review of 'The Art of Personal Evangelism' by Will McRaney, Jr." by Terry Booth (115-118)
• "Review of 'God—The World’s Future: Systematic Theology for a New Era' 2nd ed. By Ted Peters" by Robert B. Stewart (119-120)
• "Review of 'Jesus and the Restoration of Israel: A Critical Assessment of N. T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God' ed. Carey C. Newman" by Robert B. Stewart (121-123)
• "Review of 'Holman Old Testament Commentary: Joshua' by Kenneth O. Gangel" by Steven M. Ortiz (124)
• "Review of 'The Leader’s Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation' by Jim Herrington, R. Robert Creech, and Trisha Taylor" by Steve Echols (125-126)
• "Review of 'More than Just a Name: Preserving our Baptist Identity' by R. Stanton Norman" by Steve W. Lemke (127-128)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

individualism

• "The Gospel of American Individualism Versus the Gospel of the Kingdom" by R. Alan Streett (5-18)

invitation

• "Rescue the Perishing: A Defense of Giving Invitations" by Ken Keathley (4-16)

Jeremiah Vardeman

• "'To Answer or Not to Answer': A Case Study on the Emergence of the Stone-Campbell Movement Amongst the Baptist Churches of Kentucky in the 1820s" by Rodrick Durst (81-97)

Jewish

• "A Consideration of the Gospel Accounts of the Jewish Charge of Blasphemy Against Jesus" by Steven L. Cox (64-84)

John Smyth

• "'To Answer or Not to Answer': A Case Study on the Emergence of the Stone-Campbell Movement Amongst the Baptist Churches of Kentucky in the 1820s" by Rodrick Durst (81-97)

kingdom

• "The Gospel of American Individualism Versus the Gospel of the Kingdom" by R. Alan Streett (5-18)

Latter-day saints

• "Is Mormonism Christian? A Baptist Theologian Analyzes Stephen E. Robinson’s Arguments for Accepting Mormonism as Christian" by Robert B. Stewart (101-125)

leadership

• "The Role of the Business Meeting in a Healthy Change Process" by Steve Echols (87-100)

limited atonement

• "Two Aspects in the Design of Christ’s Atonement" by Wayne S. Hansen (85-98)

Lord's Supper

• "Ordinance or Sacrament: Is the Baptist View of the Ordinances Truly Biblical?" by Charles L. Quarles (47-57)

marriage

• "Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Reflections on Divorce, Remarriage, and the Seminary Professor: A Modest Proposal" by R. Stanton Norman (78-100)

missions

• "Church Planting as a Growth Strategy in the Face of Church Decline" by Will McRaney (69-93)
• "The Great Commission Imperative of Teaching: Why Christian Education Should Be On the Cutting Edge of the Church’s Mission Today" by Walter H. Norvell (94-106)

Mormonism

• "Is Mormonism Christian? A Baptist Theologian Analyzes Stephen E. Robinson’s Arguments for Accepting Mormonism as Christian" by Robert B. Stewart (101-125)

omnipresence

• "John 3:13 and the Omnipresence of Jesus Christ" by R. Larry Overstreet (135-153)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-5)

ordinances

• "Ordinance or Sacrament: Is the Baptist View of the Ordinances Truly Biblical?" by Charles L. Quarles (47-57)

pastor-elder

• "The Elder and His Ministry: From a Baptist Perspective" by Gerald Cowen (56-73)

pastoral duties

• "Pastoral Reflections on Baptist Polity in the Local Church" by Jim Henry (98-109)

pedobaptism

• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

penal substitution

• "Revisiting Penal Substitution" by Kevin D. Kennedy (38-54)

pluralism

• "Why Jesus is the Only Way" by Edward P. Meadors (99-112)
• "None Dare Call It Treason: Is an Inclusivist a Paul Revere or a Benedict Arnold?" by Ken Keathley (101-114)
• "Review of 'The Art of Personal Evangelism' by Will McRaney, Jr." by Terry Booth (115-118)
• "Review of 'God—The World’s Future: Systematic Theology for a New Era' 2nd ed. By Ted Peters" by Robert B. Stewart (119-120)
• "Review of 'Jesus and the Restoration of Israel: A Critical Assessment of N. T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God' ed. Carey C. Newman" by Robert B. Stewart (121-123)
• "Review of 'Holman Old Testament Commentary: Joshua' by Kenneth O. Gangel" by Steven M. Ortiz (124)
• "Review of 'The Leader’s Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation' by Jim Herrington, R. Robert Creech, and Trisha Taylor" by Steve Echols (125-126)
• "Review of 'More than Just a Name: Preserving our Baptist Identity' by R. Stanton Norman" by Steve W. Lemke (127-128)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

polity

• "Baptist Polity and Elders" by Mark E. Dever (5-37)
• "An Affirmation of Congregational Polity" by James Leo Garrett, Jr. (38-55)
• "The Elder and His Ministry: From a Baptist Perspective" by Gerald Cowen (56-73)
• "Pastoral Reflections on Baptist Polity in the Local Church" by Jim Henry (98-109)
• "Baptist Polity and the State Convention" by John Sullivan (136-144)
• "From Church Competence to Soul Competence: The Devolution of Baptist Ecclesiology" by John Hammett (145-163)
• "Polity and Proclamation: The Relationship Between Congregational Polity and Evangelistic Church Growth in the SBC" by Alvin L. Reid (164-187)
• "Elder Rule and Southern Baptist Church Polity" by Robert A. Wring (188-212)
• "Review of 'Logos Bible Software Series X: Scholar’s Library Silver Edition'" by Charles L. Quarles (213-215)
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-5)
• "Voices from the Past; Voices for the Pew: History of Support of the Direct Linkage Between Trustees and the SBC Churches" by Ergun Mehmet Caner (6-21)
• "Baptist Ecclesiology: A Faithful Application of New Testament Principles" by Daryl C. Cornett (22-44)
• "Hierarchy in the Church? Instruction from the Pastoral Epistles Concerning Elders and Overseers" by Benjamin L. Merkle (45-62)
• "Why Baptist Elders Is Not an Oxymoron" by Phil A. Newton (63-73)
• The African American Baptist Pastor and Church Government: The Myth of the Dictator
• "The Role of the Business Meeting in a Healthy Change Process" by Steve Echols (87-100)

preaching

• JBTM 6.2 (Fall 2009) "The Proclamation of the Gospel"
• JBTM 6.1 (Spring 2009) "Foundations for Baptist Doctrines and Distinctives"
• "Passion-Driven Shepherdology: A Biblical and Practical Reconciliation of Pastoral Preaching and Church Growth" by Jim Shaddix (19-46)

Presbyterianism

• JBTM 5.2 (Fall 2008) "Baptists In Dialogue"
• JBTM 5.1 (Spring 2008) "Baptists On Mission"
• JBTM 4.1 (2007) "Baptists Ministering in the Midst of Disaster"
• "Editorial" by Stan Norman (1-4)

priesthood

• "Congregational Priesthood and the Inventio or Invention of Authority" by Malcolm Yarnell (110-135)

Qumran

• "Setting Jesus Free from Postmodern Reconstructions: Was Jesus a Galilean Jew or a Jewish Hellenist?" by Steven M. Ortiz (113-134)

Reformed

• "Baptist Ecclesiology: A Faithful Application of New Testament Principles" by Daryl C. Cornett (22-44)
• "Hierarchy in the Church? Instruction from the Pastoral Epistles Concerning Elders and Overseers" by Benjamin L. Merkle (45-62)

salvation

• "The Gospel of Jesus Christ: By Grace Through Faith" by David S. Dockery (6-37)
• "Why Jesus is the Only Way" by Edward P. Meadors (99-112)

SBC

• "'To Answer or Not to Answer': A Case Study on the Emergence of the Stone-Campbell Movement Amongst the Baptist Churches of Kentucky in the 1820s" by Rodrick Durst (81-97)
• "Baptist Polity and the State Convention" by John Sullivan (136-144)
• "Voices from the Past; Voices for the Pew: History of Support of the Direct Linkage Between Trustees and the SBC Churches" by Ergun Mehmet Caner (6-21)

SBC heritage

• "'To Answer or Not to Answer': A Case Study on the Emergence of the Stone-Campbell Movement Amongst the Baptist Churches of Kentucky in the 1820s" by Rodrick Durst (81-97)
• "Baptist Polity and the State Convention" by John Sullivan (136-144)

spiritual gifts

• "Rethinking the Call of God" by Bob L. Royall (139-151)

strategy

• "Church Planting as a Growth Strategy in the Face of Church Decline" by Will McRaney (69-93)
• "The Great Commission Imperative of Teaching: Why Christian Education Should Be On the Cutting Edge of the Church’s Mission Today" by Walter H. Norvell (94-106)

Sunday School

• "The State of Membership Growth, Sunday School, and Evangelism in the Southern Baptist Convention 1900-2002" by William H. Day, Jr. (107-121)
• "Today’s Sunday School: Dead or Alive?" by Margaret F. Williamson (122-138)

The Passion of the Christ

• "The Passions of the Christ" by Jeff Cate (55-63)

university

• "A University Committed to the Great Commission" by Jonathan K. Parker, Daniel Skubik, and H. Bruce Stokes (47-68)

worship

• "Passion-Driven Shepherdology: A Biblical and Practical Reconciliation of Pastoral Preaching and Church Growth" by Jim Shaddix (19-46)