Alex Edgar Wishall, born Nov. 14.
By Garrett E. Wishall – JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA - Alex Edgar Wishall, son of Garrett and Laura Wishall, was born at 2:12 p.m., Nov. 14, at Clark Memorial Hospital.1 Alex is the younger son of Timothy, 1, who was born 16 months and 1 day ago, also at Clark Memorial. Garrett and Laura said they rejoice at the Lord adding another blessing to their quiver. “We are tremendously grateful and excited to have the privilege of another son entering our house,” the couple said. “We know that every child is a blessing from God. We are particularly excited about watching Timothy and Alex grow up together and hopefully teaching th

GCR task force to meet with SBC state convention leaders
As many have said, the Southern Baptist Convention is at a key crossroads in its history. The IMB, NAMB and Executive Committee are all in need of new heads. The denomination is in decline as far as number of members … and the membership numbers are radically skewed (16 million reported; 6-8 million actual most likely). While it is okay if the SBC ceases to exist, I think it is still very viable as a tool to serve and advance the ministries and missions efforts of Southern Baptist local churches. The SBC remains a great avenue for cooperating together for the purpose of carrying out the Great Commission, of making disciples of all nations. This is why the SBC formed and if t

Pastors are theologians … but they are shepherds too
I value the pastor as theologian model. I am thankful that there are several guys in training for pastoral ministry around me who value this model. However, I would like to hear more of an emphasis from scholarly-pastors in training on the shepherding element of pastoring, ala Richard Baxter’s “Reformed Pastor.” In the zeal for robust theology, we must not trample upon the priority of counseling for the lead pastor. Not that the lead pastor has to do the bulk of the counseling…though in a small church he probably will. I mean more that the lead pastor creates and leads in an atmosphere where biblical counseling is in the air, in the water, in the blo

Paul Tripp on marriage
The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) today features an article I wrote on Paul David Tripp speaking on marriage. Along with Russell D. Moore, Tripp is one of the two best, most concrete, communicators I have heard. His insights on marriage are excellent, as he dissects the human heart and rightly explains why conflict arise in marriage and how it can be overcome. This article came out of a