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“A Baptist Prayer” (beware the sarcasm)

“We brag about the riches you have given unto us”
We brag about the way we use the money that we’ve earned
We then compare percentages on what we give to God
Because we give to missions more, our words will have more force

We give to such and such a group, we’re doing Jesus’ work
Here’s five percent we give to help the Holy Spirit move
And don’t forget church planting works (not A29!) here’s ten percent more dough
And to CP, a fifth we give, yes, praise God’s Gracious Love

“Lord, thank you that we are not like those cold and hardened men
Who do not give as much as we, to missions through the world
We go beyond the normal tithes, we fast and tithe some more
We praise Your name, you make us kind, our dear and loving Lord!”

Because we give, you all must hear the words we have to speak
We’ll lead Resurgences and win, God’s blessed us this we say
We’re rich you know, our riches will enable us to serve
More than the ones we know who’ve not, it’s us who’ll lead the way

Quote of the Week: Brister on Baptist Identity

“To advocate the recovery of idea of being Baptist before the idea of being distinctively Christian is putting the cart of ecclesiology before the horse of soteriology.”
- Timmy Brister

Michael Spencer on the SBC

Michael Spencer (the Internet Monk) has a great post today on whether the SBC is “getting it”.

Here’s the real gem of the post:

What’s still not there? It’s the Gospel stupid. Not buildings, programs and methods. That will help, more or less, but it won’t get to the core of the SBC’s problem: vast numbers of people who don’t know the gospel, preach the gospel, teach the gospel, believe the gospel or see a need to shape the integrity of the church around the gospel.

If the SBC decides that blaming Calvinists, printing more literature, more conferences and promoting more bureaucrat designed solutions isn’t the answer, it will have made enormous progress. When it figures out that the centrality of the Gospel and the core implications that come from the Gospel are what’s missing across the SBC landscape, real hope will dawn.

I thank God for all the faithful people working to make the Gospel, once again, the central focus of the cooperative, evangelistic, mission-centered ministry of Southern Baptists. Don’t quit!

-Michael Spencer