Guest Tom Ascol Senior Pastor Grace Baptist Church Cape Coral FL The Southern Baptist Convention SBC is the largest Protestant church denomination in North America with six seminaries churches million church members and entities like the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission ERLC Lifeway Christian Resources the North American Mission Board NAMB and more Some of the most influential churches and pastors in America are part of the SBC SBC churches are expected to give to the Cooperative Program CP which uses the funds for all their various entities and endeavors In the CP budget was nearly M Any organization this [... more]

GUEST TOM BUCK Senior Pastor First Baptist Church Lindale TX In late May pastor Tom Ascol who was then a candidate for president of the Southern Baptist Convention SBC joined us to discuss some of the pivotal issues facing the largest Protestant denomination in America Their annual convention came and went in mid-June in Anaheim CA with Ascol finishing second in the voting for president behind a less biblically-conservative candidate named Bart Barber There is a major debate taking place within the SBC that is representative of the larger debate within the Evangelical church on issues related to gender race [... more]

Pastor Matt Emadi explains a new school that will begin this fall in Salt Lake City providing an educational opportunity for Christians to get formal theological training The website is found at slst us [... more]

Over the past two programs Tom Ascol pastor of a Southern Baptist Church in Cape Coral Florida has joined us to discuss two issues currently being debated within the Southern Baptist Convention SBC the largest Protestant denomination in America Those issues are women teaching men and Critical Race Theory a humanistic perspective on race and society This week in part we will discuss a third issue professing Christians who identify as same sex attracted Is it possible to be a Christian and accept desires for homosexuality as who I am even if not acting on those desires i e celibate [... more]