Thanks to the folks at SBCLife for printing my SBC sermon in their most recent issue.

Preaching that message was a challenge... Honestly, I was quite nervous. But, I felt that I had a message that God had laid on my heart and tried to be faithful, honest, and encouraging. But, it was a bit intimidating to preach to such a great group of pastors and leaders.

I am not the greatest preacher in the SBC... not even close. But, I do care deeply about this denomination, its churches, and its mission. Hopefully that came through in the message.

If you want to watch the message on line, you can do so at 316 Networks by clicking here or just click on the frame below. There is also a bootleg version posted on youtube and I believe more people have downloaded the message than were left in the room that night!

I think the response shows that the rank and file in my denomination want to be done with the fighting and are ready to get on mission.

They see that God can and does use all kinds of scripturally sound churches. They are ready for the Great Commission to be our focus as a movement. They want our conservative resurgence to lead to a Great Commission resurgence.

But, I guess I should not re-preach my sermon in a blog post...

Did I mention we need all kinds of scripturally sound churches?

If you are interested, you can download a cleaned up transcript of the whole message here.

If you go over to SBCLife, be sure to read:
The Unifying Mission: Make Disciples by Ken Hemphill
Thy Theology Matters with Danny Akin

Alos, the editor, John Revell has a multipart series on sins we find "acceptable."

So far, he has addressed issues of temper and slander. Sounds like good topics for SBC life and I admire his courage for tackling them.