No one is more happy about this than your snake loving, Jesus following, colleague. That would be me. Colleague. I like that. Welcome aboard and I am already excited about the impact you will have on our students I so love.

you dont have to post this but I gave you a shout at my blog also :-).

You're going to be an busy!

Just keep writing books for us up here at SBTS to read.

Are they going to let you preach at the convention again?

You and Doc Reid,

I guess I need to get my D. Min at SEBTS.

Good times for everyone at SEBTS. Another excellent decision under the leadership of Dr. Akin, who, just about single-handedly is shaking things up in the SBC. I am excited for you, Ed, but I am even more encouraged about the possibilities such a partnership can bring for the spread of the gospel and the good of our churches.

From an SEBTS student: YES!!!

Kevin Schaub

As a graduate of NOBTS, I'd love to see you on staff at our school!

Ed, welcome to the faculty man!

Does this mean you are leaving Lifeway?

Dude,

How many people do you work for?

ed, I couldn't be more thrilled! being on faculty with the likes of drs. akin, reid, ashford, finn, heath thomas (my brother), and others will certainly provide a wonderful environment for the gospel resurgence! very encouraging news.

although I was gone during the "breaking news" post, I do want to echo the sentiment of many. the opportunity is NOW for pastors and laypeople of the SBC to stop sitting on the laurels of past victories, striving for comfort-laden minisries, and complaining against other missionary followers of Christ (perhaps out of selfish interest and conceit). and it is time to move onward in mission for God's glory with a renewed focus and passion for the mission that God has given us. it is obvious that we have gotten our eyes off the mission. thank you for both the descriptive and prescriptive analysis. blessings!

Ed:

Please help seminary students (and others) focus on very specific WAYS to carry out the Great Commission (culture and customization notwithstanding). All of them will understand that we are supposed to be becoming Great Commandment Christians becoming Great Commission churches; the how-to is what seems so missing. It's a leadership issue among SBC congregations--which seems to have its origins, in many ways, at our seminaries (e.g., almost no one graduating from a Southern Baptist seminary in the '90s thought he'd be doing church-planting, but instead pastoring existing churches; did any of us of that sort reading here graduate from seminary with a really firm grip on how to reach a city and grow a church through the ministry of a congregation's Sunday School?--I don't think that we did, and the results have been blogged about at this site during the past few days).

Keep up your good--though incredibly busy!--work.

Alvin, thanks for the shout out on the blog!

Tony, typically that only happens once in a long while. I would not count on seeing me preach again at the SBC. However, the SBC is changing, so I hope you see more new voices. Of couse, your bootleg video on youtube has been watched by more people than were at the convention. I was number 13 in the world on youtube the next day! Thanks for the plug (but the official SBC webcasters were furious).

David, no, I will be at LifeWay until Thom Rainer gets rid of me.

Thanks for all the other kinds words.

Jason, too many. But, having two schools will allow me to focus there...

You are a rock star!

Ed,

Congrats from a SEBTS DMin student (Expository Preaching). I got a couple years left and hope I get to do a seminar with you.