Klayton Carson

What does it mean to be Baptist? This is a question that I believe needs to be discussed, so I started a substack called "The Radical Baptist." I'll be posting a variety of articles that intend to answer that question. Read my thesis article here: theradicalbaptist.substack.com/p/meet-me-in-t…

Chuck Norris was born May 6th, 1945 The Nazi’s surrendered May 7th, 1945 COINCIDENCE? Yes. There is no way a one day old baby could have defeated them

If you think retention is the purpose of education in general, and Christian education specifically, you don't understand education. Retention just means able to repeat and take a test. Education is formative. The things you forget still form you.

Part of my spring break has been spent sharping what is meant when Range Hills says we are "Text-Driven, Christ-Centered, and Others-Focused." Here's the first article of this set about what is meant by "Text-Driven" theradicalbaptist.substack.com/p/text-driven-…

I'm not trying to be mean to James here (and I do apologize if it comes across as mean, I hope not since his handle mentions this), but seeing him have, like, serious political opinions is jarring. When he was at Liberty as a student (I was a campus pastor kid), he was the dancing guy. At like every Liberty event, he would dance. And like, really excited(?) dancing. It was a humorous bit, and it was funny and fun. So, seeing him have serious political opinions is like seeing an op-ed by Weird Al on the Iran War. Not saying he can't. It's just jarring.

The Christocentric interpretation of Cotton-Eye Joe is Israel talking about Melchizedek and how the order of Melchizedek means that Israel has been divorced (hence, would’ve been married a long time go) and how Christ moved to a new bride.

On Spring Break, I decided to use some of my extra time to contemplate on the importance of sleep for pastoral ministry. Pastors, give it a read! open.substack.com/pub/theradical…

Not to be a killjoy but that monkey's not gonna learn how to read

Ok, but Scripture clearly shows that God desires to save everyone. Either God "fails" because He gave men the responsibility to respond or God "fails" because He chose He'd fail.

"We don’t want to drive people away or be rejected [in evangelism]. We don’t want to be seen as weird. Or hurt someone. Where are you going to drive them to? Hell number 2?" -@MattRWilkins

You left out a really important part of 1 Peter 3:21 "Not the removal of the filth of the flesh." Do a word study on the word filth. See how it's used in the LXX. See how its cognates are used. *Pssst* It means sin.

The only option to this is to preach it with the full belief that it is inspired Scripture or not to preach it at all. If you don't believe it (or the long ending of Mark) are inspired, preaching it is the equivalent of preaching Shakespeare. Which is part of why I find textual minimalism ridiculous.

People can bring up trust and other things about why this happened. But as a pastor of a small church who's about to lead a newly formed mission committee to consider our mission dollars, trust has nothing to do with the equation. The equation is simple: 52.5% of CP dollars in TN goes to TBC. Of the 47.5% that goes to the national CP. Roughly 50% of that goes to the IMB. For my church that means $80 a month gets to the mission field of the $336 we give to the CP. The CP has been sold as missions to the average Southern Baptist. I would assume most Southern Baptist churches aren't busting at the seams with money. I would assume the majority are struggling and they want every dollar, every cent, to go to winning people to Christ. The question no Southern Baptist seems to be willing to talk about is: "Is the Cooperative Program really the best way to win people to Christ?" And that question can only be answered by each local church. Not by the people dependent on CP.

If you're a pastor in the state of Tennessee, reach out to me about how the Tennessee State Chapter can come alongside you!

Pastor, don't pastor alone. State Chapters are designed to encourage and walk right beside you by connecting you with other doctrinally faithful and distinctly Baptist pastors and churches across your state. To find and connect with your state chapter, go to conservativebaptistnetwork.com/pastors-network today.

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So, Keith Daniels is running for SBC president in 2028? Is that the pattern we're establishing? Or were Presley and Powell test balloons for Mohler to see if he's safe to run in 2028?

During Report Hour at @MABTS last week, Dr. @MichaelSpradlin called Jehovah Witnesses "UberEats evangelism." Might be my favorite thing ever said.

The psychologist/therapist is the witch-doctor for the religion of secularism.

I really like this answer. I also think this is a wise answer for pastors as well. When you start at a church, use the translation that the church historically uses. Then move to another as wisdom dictates.

Time to share my favorite W.A. Criswell sermon! "St. Patrick Was a Baptist Preacher" Read em and weep, tradcaths wacriswell.com/sermons/1958/s…