Bart Barber

@JaredCBurt What is the meaning of the verb "to pastor"? I think this very question is the rub. I would say it means "to serve as a pastor/elder/overseer of a congregation."

There’s a church somewhere almost exactly like yours. The only difference is they have a “Children’s Pastor” because she pastors children. This church wants to partner with you in giving financial support to missionaries to reach people for Christ. Do you partner w/ them?

@landoncreynolds And so, if one considers pastor/elder/overseer to be an office of a local congregation, it is widespread for congregations to receive preaching from those who are not their elders.

@landoncreynolds I understand the approach. Such has not been the prevalent case, and I think I can make a case to the contrary from the Bible. Paul preached to congregations of which he was not an elder, for example. Indeed, it is commonplace today for congregations to hear from guests.

This is really good language. I appreciate all of the work put into this.

@landoncreynolds I take it to mean that, and that’s pretty much universal in Baptist life. We generally want to hear someone preach multiple times before we are willing to install them into pastoral office do we not?

@bartbarber Help me understand — with this non pastor/elders/overseers can authoritatively preach to the assembled congregation?

In the 1700s an itinerant preacher named Henry Loveall was unmasked as an imposter. His real name was Desolate Baker.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation on Monday, May 11, adding clergy to Georgia’s improper sexual contact statute. baptistpress.com/resource-libra…

@iowahawkblog Beg the president to appoint Rob Manfred to something…anything…someone can step in and restore baseball.

Welcome to my no-judgment brainstorming session. Remember, there is no such thing as a bad idea, now let's hear what you got

@bartbarber Now let’s put the coffee cartel on notice too! #BitterWater

The age of the Reformed Bros is ending. It’s my time now. 🤣

@jarsofKlay If this were 22% of CHURCHES, I’d be sympathetic. But I could baptize a guy on Sunday who was genuinely saved, doesn’t understand about inerrancy yet, but will be in a different position once he has been discipled. There’s room for some percentage of Southern Baptists to be wrong

22% of Southern Baptists still don't believe that, and they're given space in the Convention. That's the problem.

“The notion of a Christian commonwealth, should be exploded forever." // OTD in 1754 John Leland was born in MA. The early Baptist leader was an outspoken abolitionist and early advocate for religious liberty. read more @ bit.ly/2JlScHT

Their 11-year-old daughter went on a class trip—only to discover that her hotel roommate (and expected bedmate) was a boy. Today we’re representing them & other CO parents at the 10th Circuit. Kids deserve privacy on overnight trips. Parents deserve the chance to protect them.

You missed the fact that school officials deceived this young girl and her parents, promising them that boys and girls would sleep on separate floors. It wasn’t until this 11-year-old girl was on the trip—far from home—that she discovered her expected bedmate was a boy. She was then forced to stand up against school authorities and defend her own privacy in the moment, late at night. They initially treated her as if her concerns were not legitimate, moving her to a different bed in the room. This backfired when the other roommates wanted the boy to move beds too. So this little girl had to muster the courage to voice her concerns a second time. The school finally relented and moved her to another room, but told her to lie about the reason why. Any reasonable person can see how outrageous this is. No child should have to defend her own privacy against a school policy that puts her in jeopardy. And no school district should make it a policy to deceive parents. Furthermore: not all kids have the ability or opportunity to stand up for themselves. Another family in our lawsuit has a son whose sleeping arrangements and showers were supervised by a female (identifying as non-binary) at a week-long school camp. Several of the boys were so uncomfortable that they skipped showers and changed their clothes inside their sleeping bags. This is inexcusable. It is adults’ responsibility to stand up for children—not children’s responsibility to stand up for themselves. This could easily be avoided with a commonsense policy that allows parents to stay informed and opt their children out of mixed-sex sleeping arrangements ahead of time—protecting the privacy of ALL children involved. But despite our requests, the school district repeatedly refused to do this. So yes, we sued. In fact, let me put every district in America on notice right now: if you treat students and parents this way, prepare for a lawsuit.

Activist: "Your cows are putting carbon into the atmosphere." Farmer: "Where did they get it?" Activist: "What?" Farmer: "The carbon. Where did the cow get it before it put it anywhere." Activist: "From... eating?" Farmer: "From eating grass. And where did the grass get it." Activist: "The soil?" Farmer: "The air. The grass pulled it out of the air last spring. The cow ate the grass. The cow breathed some of it back out. It went back into the air it came from." Activist: "But it's still going into the atmosphere." Farmer: "It's going back. There's a difference between a thing going somewhere and a thing going back. You've described a circle and you're frightened of it." Activist: "Then just don't have the cow." Farmer: "The grass still dies in autumn. It rots where it falls. The carbon goes back into the air either way, just without anyone getting fed in the middle." Activist: "It's not that simple." Farmer: "It's grass, cow, breath, grass. Or it's grass, rot, air, grass. Same circle, fewer dinners. If that's complicated for you I'd stay away from the water cycle. That one's got clouds in it."

Justice Thomas, dissenting: A "criminal enterprise" [i.e. pushing abortion pills] is not entitled to relief from a court ruling that keeps them from committing more crimes. WOWZA.

I think the proposed Constitution and Bylaws revisions by the @_SBTC are further clarifying, necessary, and helpful for our unity. I look forward to supporting these and affirming them at our next Annual Meeting. I have further thoughts that I might share soon.

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

@jarsofKlay Preach

If historic meant the last 5 minutes, sure.