Founders Journal
Articles and Authors
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #1 (Spring 1990)
Raison d'etre: An Editorial
Introduction - Editorial
Tom Ascol
The Church's Greatest Need - Doctrine:
"Holy Spirit"
Ernest Reisinger
A Circular Letter to Southern
Baptists in 1853 - Doctrine:
"Calvinism"
Robert Selph
The Abstract of Principles -
Doctrine
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #2 (Summer 1990)
Where Do We Go From Here? -
Editorial: "Feedback from Readers"
Tom Ascol
The Man in Romans 7 -
Doctrine: "Man"
Fred Malone
The Doctrine of Regeneration: Biblical and Historical Perspectives
- Doctrine
Bill Ascol
Being Filled With the Spirit
-
Doctrine: "Holy Spirit" (one paragraph on evangelism)
Ernest C. Reisinger
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #3 (Fall/Winter 1990-91)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #4 (Spring 1991)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #5 (Summer 1991)
Deadly Evangelism - Editorial:
"Criticism of current methods of evangelism"
Tom Ascol
The Family and Evangelism -
Doctrine: "Evangelism"
Ernest C.
Reisinger
The New Testament Meaning of
"Witness" - Doctrine
Ernest C.
Reisinger
Revival and the Sovereignty of
God - Doctrine
Lewis Drummond
Preparing a Church for a "Revival
Effort" - Doctrine:
"Theology of Revivalism"
R. F. Gates
Personal Involvement in World
Missions - Missions
George Martin
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #6 (Fall 1991)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #7 (Winter 1992)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #8 (Spring 1992)
An Attempt at Self-Identification -
Editorial: "Founders Conferences"
Tom Ascol
Lordship, Non-Lordship and
Dispensationalism - Doctrine: "Dispensationalism"
Ernest C.
Reisinger
Richard Fuller, Pt. 2 -- His
Preaching - History: "Preaching"
Don Whitney
Confessions of a Former
Bultmannian - Hermeneutics:
"Historical Criticism"
Eta Linnemann
Singing in the Holy Spirit -
Hymnology
Joe Nesom
Heart Obedience - Devotional
Charles
Bridges
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #10 (Fall
1992)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #11 (Winter
1993)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #12 (Spring 1993)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #13 (Summer
1993)
For Such a Time as This - Editorial: "Theme
Interpretation of 1993 SBC"
Tom Ascol
Lordship and Regeneration - Doctrine:
"Regeneration"
Ernest C.
Reisinger
The Biblical Evangelist - Doctrine: "Biblical
Evangelists"
Cary G. Kimbrell
An Encouragement to Use Catechisms
(Pt. 3) - Doctrine: "Catechisms"
Tom Nettles
Preachers: "Persevere"-
Devotional: "Reprint of article from the past"
Charles H. Spurgeon"
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #14 (Fall 1993)
The
Need for Definition - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Spurgeon's Message of Christ's Atoning Sacrifice - 1
- Doctrine: "Redemption"
Tom Nettles
True and False Repentance - Doctrine: "Reprint
From Calvin's Institutes"
John Calvin
The Lordship Controversy and
Repentance - Doctrine: "Repentance"
Ernest Reisinger
Why Pastors Need Church History - Opinion
Terry Chrisope
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #15 (Winter
1994)
Benefits of the Controversy - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Lordship, Justification and
Sanctification - Doctrine
Ernest Reisinger
Spurgeon's Message of Christ's Atoning Sacrifice, Pt 2:
- Doctrine
Tom Nettles
Authoritarianism in The Church - Opinion
Steve Martin
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #16 (Spring
1994)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #17
(Summer 1994)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #18 (Fall 1994)
Baptist History Out of Focus
-Editorial
Thomas Ascol
The Lordship Controversy & the Carnal
Christian Teaching (Part 3)
- Doctrine
Ernest Reisinger
Missions and Creeds (Part 2)
- Doctrine "Missions & Creeds"
Tom Nettles
The 1994 Southern Baptist Founders
Conference
- Report & Evaluation
Bill Ascol
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #19 & 20 (Winter/Spring
1995)
Southern Baptists at the Crossroads: Returning to the Old Paths
-Editorial
Thomas Ascol
The Rise & Demise of Calvinism Among Southern Baptists
- History
Tom Nettles
Southern Baptist Theology--Whence and Whither?
- History
Timothy George
John Dagg: First Writing Southern Baptist Theologian
- History
Mark Dever
To Train the Minister Whom God Has Called: James Petigru Boyce and
Southern Baptist Theological Education
-
History
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
What Should We Think Of Evangelism and Calvinism?
- Attitudes of Calvinism
Ernest Reisinger
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #21 (Summer
1995)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #22 (Fall
1995)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #23 (Winter 1996)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #24 (Spring
1996)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #25 (Summer
1996)
Lords of Chaos - Editorial
Thomas Ascol
The Ascent of Lost Man in Southern
Baptist Preaching - History "Preaching"
Mark Coppenger
God's Will, Man's Will, and Free
Will - Doctrine: "Calvinist View of *Free
Will*"
Ernest Reisinger
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #26 (Fall
1996)
Reformation, Revival & the
Religious Right - Editorial
Thomas Ascol
Unbounded Love or Unbounded
License? - Book Review: "Open
Theism"
Roger Nicole
The Human Will and Doctrinal
Decline - Doctrine: "Human Free Will"
Ernest Reisinger
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #27 (Winter
1997)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #28 (Spring
1997)
A
Neglected Topic for Needy Times -
Editorial
Tom Ascol
Law and Gospel - Doctrine
Ernest Reisinger
A Much-Needed Tool for Evangelism -
Doctrine: "The Law and Evangelism"
William Hatfield
Missions & the Sovereignty of God - Doctrine
Anonymous
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #29 (Summer
1997)
Do Doctrines Really Lead to Dunghill?
- Editorial: "Calvinism vs. Arminianism"
Tom Ascol
Doctrines Lead to `Dunghill' Prof
Warns - History: "Reprint from W. R.
Estep"
William R. Estep
The Reformation of Doctrine and the
Renewal of the Church: - Response to
Estep
R. Albert Mohler
An Open Letter to Dr. William R.
Estep - Response to William Estep's Article
Roger Nicole
Three Reasons to Hope for Further
Reformation in the SBC - Editorial
Mark Dever
The Conserving Power of the
Doctrines of Grace - Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #30 (Fall
1997)
The Princess, the Nun, and the
Savior - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Are Calvinists Hyper? - Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
My Journey Through the Church
Growth Movement - Doctrine
Phil A. Newton
The Godmakers: A Review Article - Book
Review
Chad Brand
God's Law and God's Love (Part 1) -
Doctrine
Ernest C. Reisinger
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #31 (Winter
1998)
Different Name, Same Purpose -
Editorial
Tom Ascol
The Dangers of Denominational
Prosperity - Doctrine
Jacob R. Scott
Samson and the Seduction of Culture -Sermon
Roger Ellsworth
God's Law and God's Love (Part 2) -
Doctrine
Ernest C.
Reisinger
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #32 (Spring
1998)
Recovering Our Heritage of
Theological Education - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Stewards of the Mysteries of God -
Doctrine: "Stewardship"
R. Albert Mohler,
Jr.
A Vision of Theological Education -
Critique of Theological Education
Tom J. Nettles
I Never Got Over Sunday School -
Seminary Chapel Address
Mark Coppenger
The Importance Of Spiritual
Formation In The Training Of Ministers -
Doctrine
Don Whitney
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #33 (Summer
1998)
A Lesson from Spurgeon on
Evangelism - Editorial:
Tom Ascol
How Does Doctrine Affect
Evangelism? The Divergent Paths of Asahel Nettleton and Charles Finney
- Doctrine: "Pro-Calvinism/Anti-Arminianism
Rick Nelson
John Calvin on Evangelism and
Missions - Biography
Ray Van Neste
Polemic Theology or How to Deal
with Those Who Differ from Us - Doctrine
Roger R. Nicole
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #34 (Fall
1998)
Bill Clinton and the Discipline of
our Churches
- Editorial
Tom Ascol
Nature of Saving Religion - Sermon
Ernest Reisinger
Regeneration - Doctrine
Tom Ascol
The Foolishness of Preaching - Report
on the 1990 Founder's Conference
Russell D. Moore
The Nature of Regeneration - Reprint
of a Spurgeon Sermon
Charles H. Spurgeon
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #35
(Winter 1999)
Contending for Truth in Love
- Editorial: "On the Lord's Supper"
Tom Ascol
Infant Baptism and the Regulative
Principle - Doctrine: "Baptism"
Fred Malone
The Covenant of Circumcision: No
Just Plea For Infant Baptism - Doctrine:
"Reprint of 1843 Sermon"
W. T. Brantly
Baptism - Doctrine: "Reprint of
Spurgeon Sermon on Baptism
Charles H.
Spurgeon
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #36 (Spring
1999)
The Pope, Indulgences, and Jesus
Christ
- Editorial: "Anti-Catholic Doctrines"
Tom Ascol
An Ethical Manifesto: 1 Timothy
1:8-11 and the Decalogue - Doctrine
Richard Barcellos
Calvin as an Interpreter of
Scripture - Doctrine: "Reprint of 1909 A.
T. Robertson Article"
A. T. Robertson
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #37 (Summer
1999)
Christian Missionaries and
Missionary Christians
- Editorial "Critique on Missions"
Tom Ascol
Church Planting and the London
Baptist Confessions of Faith - History
Jim Renihan
A Command to Plant Churches - History:
"Church Planting"
Poh Boon Sing
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #38 (Fall
1999)
Is There an Answer?
- Editorial
Tom Ascol
Where Is God? - Sermon
Al Meredith
Death - Reprint of a Spurgeon Devotion
Charles H.
Spurgeon -
The Global Priority of Our Glorious
God - Report on 1999 Founders
Conference
Russell D. Moore
The Work of the Gospel in Israel -
Sermon
Baruch Maoz
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #39 (Winter
2000)
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: The Need for Expository
-
Preaching - Editorial
Tom Ascol
How to Study Theology - Reprint of a
Martin Luther Article
Martin Luther
The Reformed Pastor - Doctrine: "Model
of a Reformed Pastor"
Fred Malone
The Cross: The Primary Content of
Preaching - Sermon from 1998 Founders
Conference
Conrad Mbewe
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #40 (Spring
2000)
Reformation and Controversy in
Southern Baptist Context
- Editorial
Tom Ascol
Will Calvinism Kill Evangelism? -
Doctrine: "Calvinism & Evangelism"
Ernest Reisinger
Outward and Effectual Calling: A
Doctrinal Study - Doctrine: Reprint of
Boyce Article"
James P. Boyce
Whom He Did Foreknow: - Doctrine:
"Foreknowledge"
Roy Beaman
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #41 (Summer
2000)
FOUNDERS JOURNAL #42 (Fall
2000)
2001: A Spiritual Odyssey
- Editorial
Tom Ascol
What is the Gospel? - Doctrine"
"Reprint from
Calvinist Publication"
Iain Murray
A Response to Dr. Nicole - Letter in
Response to Article by Roger Nicole
Iain Murray
Interview with Paige Patterson -
Interview by
Mark Dever and Matt Schmucker
The Glory of God: Our Supreme
Passion - Open letter by Anonymous
Missionary
Anonymous
A Doctrinal Study: God's Love -
Doctrine: "Reprint of article by James Boyce
James P. Boyce
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #43 (Winter
2001)
The
Pastor as Theologian
- Editorial
Tom Ascol
A
Mid-Nineteenth Century Baptist View Of The Ministry
- History
William G. Moore
Have Times Really Changed? -
Reprint of 1847 article
John Angell James
A Sea of Wisdom Without Shore -
Excerpt of 1847 sermon by Spurgeon
Charles H. Spurgeon
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #44 (Spring
2001)
Retracing Our Steps
- Editorial
Tom Nettles
Ready for Reformation? - Doctrine:
"Grace Centered theology"
Tom Nettles
John Spilsbury and His Confession -
History
Tom Nettles
Shubal Stearns and the Separate
Baptist Tradition - Biography
Josh Powell
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #45 (Summer 2001)
Calvinism, Evangelism & Founders
Ministries
- Doctrine: "Defense of Calvinist
Understanding of Salvation"
Thomas K. Ascol
Justification by Faith Alone &
Confessional Confusion - Doctrine:
"Justification by Faith Alone"
Douglas R. Shivers
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #46 (Fall 2001)
Where Was God?
- Editorial: "Concerning 9/11/01"
Thomas K. Ascol
The Omniscience of God: -
Doctrine: "Omniscience of God"
Joe B. Nesom
Pastoral Implications of Open
Theism - Doctrine: "Open Theism"
Thomas K. Ascol
A Doctrinal Study: The Decrees of
God - Doctrine: "Article adapted from
Boyce's *Abstract of Systematic theology*"
James P. Boyce
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #47 (Winter
2002)
Pastoral Priorities
- Editorial
Thomas K. Ascol
Pastoral Purity - Doctrine: "Pastoral
Purity"
Conrad Mbewe
An Open Letter to Reformed Baptist
Pastors & Churches - Open Letter
Ted Christman
Medieval Mistakes - Theology: "Criticism of
Modern Churches"
Sinclair Ferguson
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #48 (Spring
2002)
Why Work for Reformation within the
Southern Baptist Convention?
- Editorial
Thomas K. Ascol
Learning the Priority of the Local
Church - Ecclesiology
Byron Straughn
Always Reforming - Doctrine:
"Embracing the *Doctrines of Grace*"
J. D. Meredith
A Complete Pastoral Education -
Doctrine: "Bringing Reformation to Local church and Pastoral Leadership"
Tom Hicks
Learning the Work of Pastoral
Ministry - Testimony "Becoming a Reformed
Pastor"
Jonathan Leeman
On Regeneration -
Reprint of Spurgeon article on *Regeneration*"
Charles H. Spurgeon
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #49 (Summer
2002)
How Do We Know Who We Are?
- Editorial
Tom J. Nettles
The Health of Confessional
Christianity - History: "Confessions &
Creeds"
Tom J. Nettles
On the Other Hand: The Decline of
Confessions - History: "Confessions &
Creeds"
Tom J. Nettles
Confession: A Union of Heart
Between Sheep and Shepherd - History:
"Confessions & Creeds"
Tom J. Nettles
The Confessional Convictions of
Spencer Cone - History: "Confessions &
Creeds"
Tom J. Nettles
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #50 (Fall 2002)
Reflections on Twenty Years of
Founders Ministries
- Editorial
Thomas K. Ascol
The Covenantal Integrity of the
Local Church - Doctrine: "Ecclesiology"
Jim Elliff
John the Baptist--the Silence that Breaks the Silence
- Doctrine: "Baptism"
David Kingdon
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #51 (Winter
2003)
How to Fire Your Pastor
- Editorial
Tom Ascol
I Thank God for the Call to Preach
- Testimony
Allen Harrison
The Sovereignty of God and Pastoral Ministry
- Doctrine" "Sovereignty of God"
Roger Ellsworth
The Importance of Defending the Trinity
- Doctrine: "The Trinity"
Gannon Murphy
Confessions of a 19th-Centruy Baptist
- Testimony
Nathan Finn
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #52 (Spring
2003)
Reformation and Missions
- Editorial
Tom Ascol
Abstract of Principles: Article 1
- Doctrine: "On the Abstract of Principles"
Ernest C. Reisinger
"Open Theism" is Incompatable with
Inerrancy - Doctrine: "Inerrancy and Open
Theism"
Roger Nicole
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #53 (Summer
2003)
Jonathan Edwards: An Appreciation -
Editorial
Tom J. Nettles
Edwards and His Impact on Baptists -
History
Tom J. Nettles
Awakening an Interest in Evangelism and Edwards -
Evangelism
Peter Beck
Religious Affections: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff -
Doctrine
Jeff Robinson
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #54 (Fall
2003)
A Pastoral Theology of Tragedy -
Doctrine
Tom Ascol
Do Something Extraordinary -
Miscellaneous
Roger Ellsworth
Retreating to Rome: The New Battle Over Justification -
Doctrine
James W. Galyon
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #55 (Winter
2004)
Confusing Times - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Transforming Your Church: Cultivating a Culture of Peace -
Miscellaneous
Ken Sande
The Good Fight of Faith - Doctrine
J. Gresham Machen
Post-Reformation Dogmatics: A Review Article -
Miscellaneous
Roger Nicole
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #56 (Spring
2004)
All to the Glory of God -
Editorial
Tom Ascol
The Spirituality of Work -
Doctrine
Stan Reeves
The Aching Struggles of Being a Christian Father -
Testimony
Lee Tankersley
Art, Idolatry and the Glory of God -
Doctrine
Kenneth Puls
Preaching to the Glory of God -
Doctrine
Allen Harrison
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #57 (Summer
2004)
Editorial Introduction
-
Editorial
Tom J. Nettles
The Kind of Man God Uses: Early Baptist Voices
- History
William G. Moore
The Kind of Man God Uses in Reformation
- Miscellaneous
Ernest C. Reisinger
The Kind of Man God Uses: Samuel Pearce (1766–1799)
- Miscellaneous
Tom J. Nettles
Circular Letter of 1795
- Reprint
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #58 (Fall
2004)
Editorial Introduction
- Reflecting on the life of Ernest Reisinger
Tom Ascol
Remembering Ernest Reisinger
- Miscellaneous
(reflecting on the life of Ernest
Reisinger)
Tom Ascol
The Law and the Gospel (Romans 6:14)
- Doctrine
(reflecting on the life of Ernest
Reisinger)
Fred A. Malone
The Lord's Way of Evangelism
- Miscellaneous
(reflecting on the life of Ernest Reisinger)
Joe Nesom
Assurance
-
Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
Confessional Christianity
- Miscellaneous
(reflecting on the life of
Ernest Reisinger)
D. Matthew Allen
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #59 (Winter
2005)
Imputation: The Sinner's Only Hope - Doctrine
Thomas K. Ascol
Recapturing the Complementarity of Law and Gospel -
Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
The Moral Silence of Divorce -
Miscellaneous
Peter Yoder
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #60 (Spring
2005)
Servants Who Served Well - Testimony
Thomas K. Ascol
Curtis Vaughan: A Tribute by Personal Testimony
- History/Biography
Tom J. Nettles
The Blessings of God's New People: A Doxology
- Doctrine
Curtis Vaughan
Relton Floyd (R.F.) Gates: A Man Who Walked with God
- History
Bill Ascol
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #61 (Winter
2005)
Finding the Richest Confessional Treasure
- - Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
Which Confession?
- Doctrine
Mark Dever
Interview on the Second London Confession of 1689
- Doctrine
Tom Ascol
How (and Why) Your Church Should Hold to the 1689
Confession
- Doctrine
Sam Waldron
A Suggested Addition to the Second London Confession -
Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
Christ the Mediator: Pastoral Reflections from The 1689 Baptist Confession
of Faith - Doctrine
Phil A. Newton
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #62 (Spring
2006)
Contend for the Faith
- Doctrine
Thomas K. Ascol
Preaching and the Doctrine of Election
- Doctrine
Charles M. Blake
Musings on Church Planting -
Miscellaneous
Phil A. Newton
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #63 (Summer
2006)
Bureaucracy, Reformation and The Southern Baptist Convention
-- Doctrine
Tom Ascol
Denominational Idolatry Reproved -
Miscellaneous
C. D. Mallary
Denominational Integrity: A Plea from a Younger Pastor
- Testimony
Joe Thorn
The Bleeding of the Evangelical Church
- Reprinted Article
David F. Wells
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