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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #1  (Spring 1990)

Raison d'etre: An Editorial Introduction  - Editorial
Tom Ascol
The Church's Greatest Need  - Doctrine: "Holy Spirit"
Ernest Reisinger
A Circular Letter to Southern Baptists in 1853  - Doctrine: "Calvinism"
Robert Selph
The Abstract of Principles  - Doctrine

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #2  (Summer 1990)

Where Do We Go From Here?  - Editorial: "Feedback from Readers"
Tom Ascol
The Man in Romans 7  - Doctrine: "Man"
Fred Malone
The Doctrine of Regeneration: Biblical and Historical Perspectives - Doctrine
Bill Ascol
Being Filled With the Spirit
- Doctrine: "Holy Spirit" (one paragraph on evangelism)
Ernest C. Reisinger

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #3  (Fall/Winter 1990-91)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #4  (Spring 1991)

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #5   (Summer 1991)

Deadly Evangelism  - Editorial:  "Criticism of current methods of evangelism"
Tom Ascol
The Family and Evangelism  - Doctrine: "Evangelism"
Ernest C. Reisinger
The New Testament Meaning of "Witness"  - Doctrine
Ernest C. Reisinger
Revival and the Sovereignty of God  - Doctrine
Lewis Drummond
Preparing a Church for a "Revival Effort"  - Doctrine: "Theology of Revivalism"
R. F. Gates
Personal Involvement in World Missions  - Missions
George Martin

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #6   (Fall 1991)

Old Error Rediscovered  - Editorial:  "Lordship of Christ"
Tom Ascol
Jesus Is Lord  - Doctrine:  "Lordship of Christ"
Terry Chrisope
Behind the Lordship Controversy  - Doctrine:  "Lordship of Christ"
Ernest C. Reisinger
Early Baptists and Easy-Believism  - History
Tom Nettles
 

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #7  (Winter 1992)

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #8  (Spring  1992)

An Attempt at Self-Identification  - Editorial:  "Founders Conferences"
Tom Ascol
Lordship, Non-Lordship and Dispensationalism  - Doctrine: "Dispensationalism"
Ernest C. Reisinger
Richard Fuller, Pt. 2 -- His Preaching  - History: "Preaching"
Don Whitney
Confessions of a Former Bultmannian  - Hermeneutics: "Historical Criticism"
Eta Linnemann
Singing in the Holy Spirit   - Hymnology
Joe Nesom
Heart Obedience  - Devotional
Charles Bridges

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #10   (Fall  1992)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #11   (Winter  1993)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #12  (Spring 1993)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #13   (Summer 1993)

For Such a Time as This - Editorial: "Theme Interpretation of 1993 SBC"
Tom Ascol
Lordship and Regeneration - Doctrine: "Regeneration"
Ernest C. Reisinger
The Biblical Evangelist - Doctrine: "Biblical Evangelists"
Cary G. Kimbrell
An Encouragement to Use Catechisms (Pt. 3) - Doctrine: "Catechisms"
Tom Nettles
Preachers: "Persevere"- Devotional: "Reprint of article from the past"
 Charles H. Spurgeon
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 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #14  (Fall 1993)

 The Need for Definition - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Spurgeon's Message of Christ's Atoning Sacrifice - 1 - Doctrine: "Redemption"
Tom Nettles
True and False Repentance - Doctrine: "Reprint From Calvin's Institutes"
John Calvin
The Lordship Controversy and Repentance - Doctrine: "Repentance"
Ernest Reisinger
Why Pastors Need Church History - Opinion
Terry Chrisope

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 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #15   (Winter 1994)

Benefits of the Controversy - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Lordship, Justification and Sanctification - Doctrine
Ernest Reisinger
Spurgeon's Message of Christ's Atoning Sacrifice, Pt 2: - Doctrine
Tom Nettles
Authoritarianism in The Church - Opinion
Steve Martin

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 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #16   (Spring 1994)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #17   (Summer 1994)

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #18  (Fall 1994)

Baptist History Out of Focus  -Editorial
Thomas Ascol
The Lordship Controversy & the Carnal Christian Teaching (Part 3)  - Doctrine
Ernest Reisinger
Missions and Creeds (Part 2)  - Doctrine "Missions & Creeds"
Tom Nettles
The 1994 Southern Baptist Founders Conference  - Report & Evaluation
Bill Ascol
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 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #19 & 20  (Winter/Spring 1995)

Southern Baptists at the Crossroads: Returning to the Old Paths  -Editorial
Thomas Ascol
The Rise & Demise of Calvinism Among Southern Baptists  - History
Tom Nettles
Southern Baptist Theology--Whence and Whither?  - History
Timothy George
John Dagg: First Writing Southern Baptist Theologian  - History
Mark Dever
To Train the Minister Whom God Has Called: James Petigru Boyce and Southern Baptist Theological Education  -  History
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
What Should We Think Of Evangelism and Calvinism?  - Attitudes of Calvinism
Ernest Reisinger

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 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #21   (Summer 1995)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #22   (Fall 1995)

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #23   (Winter 1996)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #24   (Spring 1996)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #25    (Summer 1996)

Lords of Chaos - Editorial
Thomas Ascol
The Ascent of Lost Man in Southern Baptist Preaching - History "Preaching"
Mark Coppenger
God's Will, Man's Will, and Free Will - Doctrine: "Calvinist View of *Free Will*"
Ernest Reisinger


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 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #26   (Fall 1996)

Reformation, Revival & the Religious Right - Editorial
Thomas Ascol
Unbounded Love or Unbounded License? - Book Review: "Open Theism"
Roger Nicole
The Human Will and Doctrinal Decline - Doctrine: "Human Free Will"
Ernest Reisinger

 

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #27   (Winter 1997)

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #28   (Spring 1997)

 A Neglected Topic for Needy Times - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Law and Gospel - Doctrine
Ernest Reisinger
A Much-Needed Tool for Evangelism - Doctrine: "The Law and Evangelism"
William Hatfield

Missions & the Sovereignty of God - Doctrine
Anonymous

 

 FOUNDERS JOURNAL #29   (Summer 1997)


Do Doctrines Really Lead to Dunghill?  - Editorial: "Calvinism vs. Arminianism"
Tom Ascol
Doctrines Lead to `Dunghill' Prof Warns - History: "Reprint from W. R. Estep"
William R. Estep

The Reformation of Doctrine and the Renewal of the Church:  - Response to Estep
R. Albert Mohler
An Open Letter to Dr. William R. Estep - Response to William Estep's Article
Roger Nicole
Three Reasons to Hope for Further Reformation in the SBC - Editorial
Mark Dever
The Conserving Power of the Doctrines of Grace - Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles

 

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #30   (Fall 1997)

The Princess, the Nun, and the Savior - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Are Calvinists Hyper? - Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
My Journey Through the Church Growth Movement - Doctrine
Phil A. Newton
The Godmakers: A Review Article - Book Review
Chad Brand
God's Law and God's Love (Part 1) - Doctrine
 Ernest C. Reisinger

 

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #31  (Winter 1998)

Different Name, Same Purpose - Editorial
Tom Ascol
The Dangers of Denominational Prosperity - Doctrine
Jacob R. Scott
Samson and the Seduction of Culture -Sermon
Roger Ellsworth
God's Law and God's Love (Part 2) - Doctrine
Ernest C. Reisinger

 

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #32   (Spring 1998)


Recovering Our Heritage of Theological Education - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Stewards of the Mysteries of God - Doctrine: "Stewardship"
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
A Vision of Theological Education - Critique of Theological Education
Tom J. Nettles
I Never Got Over Sunday School - Seminary Chapel Address
Mark Coppenger
The Importance Of Spiritual Formation In The Training Of Ministers - Doctrine
Don Whitney

 

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #33   (Summer 1998)

A Lesson from Spurgeon on Evangelism - Editorial:
Tom Ascol
How Does Doctrine Affect Evangelism? The Divergent Paths of Asahel Nettleton and Charles Finney - Doctrine: "Pro-Calvinism/Anti-Arminianism
Rick Nelson
John Calvin on Evangelism and Missions - Biography
Ray Van Neste
Polemic Theology or How to Deal with Those Who Differ from Us - Doctrine
Roger R. Nicole

 

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #34  (Fall 1998)

Bill Clinton and the Discipline of our Churches  - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Nature of Saving Religion - Sermon
Ernest Reisinger
Regeneration - Doctrine
Tom Ascol
The Foolishness of Preaching - Report on the 1990 Founder's Conference
Russell D. Moore
The Nature of Regeneration - Reprint of a Spurgeon Sermon
Charles H. Spurgeon
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #35   (Winter 1999)

 Contending for Truth in Love  - Editorial: "On the Lord's Supper"
Tom Ascol
Infant Baptism and the Regulative Principle - Doctrine: "Baptism"
Fred Malone
The Covenant of Circumcision: No Just Plea For Infant Baptism - Doctrine: "Reprint of 1843 Sermon"
W. T. Brantly
Baptism - Doctrine: "Reprint of Spurgeon Sermon on Baptism
Charles H. Spurgeon

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #36  (Spring 1999)

The Pope, Indulgences, and Jesus Christ  - Editorial: "Anti-Catholic Doctrines"
Tom Ascol
An Ethical Manifesto: 1 Timothy 1:8-11 and the Decalogue - Doctrine
Richard Barcellos
Calvin as an Interpreter of Scripture - Doctrine: "Reprint of 1909 A. T. Robertson Article"
A. T. Robertson

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #37   (Summer 1999)
Christian Missionaries and Missionary Christians  - Editorial "Critique on Missions"
Tom Ascol
Church Planting and the London Baptist Confessions of Faith - History
Jim Renihan
A Command to Plant Churches - History: "Church Planting"
Poh Boon Sing

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #38  (Fall 1999)

Is There an Answer?  - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Where Is God? - Sermon
Al Meredith
Death - Reprint of a Spurgeon Devotion
Charles H. Spurgeon -
The Global Priority of Our Glorious God - Report on 1999  Founders Conference
Russell D. Moore
The Work of the Gospel in Israel - Sermon
Baruch Maoz

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #39   (Winter 2000)

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: The Need for Expository - Preaching  - Editorial
Tom Ascol
How to Study Theology - Reprint of a Martin Luther Article
Martin Luther
The Reformed Pastor - Doctrine: "Model of a Reformed Pastor"
Fred Malone
The Cross: The Primary Content of Preaching - Sermon from 1998 Founders Conference
Conrad Mbewe

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #40  (Spring 2000)

Reformation and Controversy in Southern Baptist Context  - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Will Calvinism Kill Evangelism? - Doctrine: "Calvinism & Evangelism"
Ernest Reisinger
Outward and Effectual Calling: A Doctrinal Study - Doctrine: Reprint of Boyce Article"
James P. Boyce
Whom He Did Foreknow: - Doctrine: "Foreknowledge"
Roy Beaman
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #41   (Summer 2000)

FOUNDERS JOURNAL #42  (Fall 2000)

2001: A Spiritual Odyssey  - Editorial
Tom Ascol
What is the Gospel? - Doctrine" "Reprint from Calvinist Publication"
Iain Murray
A Response to Dr. Nicole - Letter in Response to Article by Roger Nicole
Iain Murray

Interview with Paige Patterson - Interview by Mark Dever and  Matt Schmucker

The Glory of God: Our Supreme Passion - Open letter by Anonymous Missionary
Anonymous
A Doctrinal Study: God's Love - Doctrine: "Reprint of article by James Boyce
James P. Boyce

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #43   (Winter 2001)

The Pastor as Theologian  - Editorial
Tom Ascol
A Mid-Nineteenth Century Baptist View Of The Ministry - History
William G. Moore
Have Times Really Changed? - Reprint of 1847 article
John Angell James
A Sea of Wisdom Without Shore
- Excerpt of 1847 sermon by Spurgeon

Charles H. Spurgeon

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #44   (Spring 2001)

Retracing Our Steps  - Editorial
Tom Nettles
Ready for Reformation? - Doctrine: "Grace Centered theology"
Tom Nettles
John Spilsbury and His Confession - History
Tom Nettles
Shubal Stearns and the Separate Baptist Tradition - Biography
Josh Powell
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #45  (Summer 2001)

Calvinism, Evangelism & Founders Ministries  - Doctrine: "Defense of Calvinist Understanding of Salvation"
Thomas K. Ascol
Justification by Faith Alone & Confessional Confusion - Doctrine: "Justification by Faith Alone"
Douglas R. Shivers

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #46   (Fall 2001)
Where Was God?  - Editorial: "Concerning 9/11/01"
Thomas K. Ascol
The Omniscience of God:  - Doctrine: "Omniscience of God"
Joe B. Nesom
Pastoral Implications of Open Theism - Doctrine:  "Open Theism"
Thomas K. Ascol
A Doctrinal Study: The Decrees of God - Doctrine: "Article adapted from Boyce's *Abstract of Systematic theology*"
James P. Boyce
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #47   (Winter 2002)
Pastoral Priorities  - Editorial
Thomas K. Ascol
Pastoral Purity - Doctrine: "Pastoral Purity"
Conrad Mbewe
An Open Letter to Reformed Baptist Pastors & Churches - Open Letter
Ted Christman
Medieval Mistakes - Theology: "Criticism of Modern  Churches"
Sinclair Ferguson

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #48   (Spring 2002)

Why Work for Reformation within the Southern Baptist Convention?  - Editorial
Thomas K. Ascol
Learning the Priority of the Local Church - Ecclesiology
Byron Straughn
Always Reforming - Doctrine: "Embracing the *Doctrines of Grace*"
J. D. Meredith
A Complete Pastoral Education - Doctrine: "Bringing Reformation to Local church and Pastoral Leadership"
Tom Hicks
Learning the Work of Pastoral Ministry - Testimony "Becoming a Reformed Pastor"
Jonathan Leeman
On Regeneration - Reprint of Spurgeon article on *Regeneration*"
Charles H. Spurgeon

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #49   (Summer  2002)

How Do We Know Who We Are?  - Editorial
Tom J. Nettles
The Health of Confessional Christianity - History: "Confessions & Creeds"
Tom J. Nettles
On the Other Hand: The Decline of Confessions - History: "Confessions & Creeds"
Tom J. Nettles
Confession: A Union of Heart Between Sheep and Shepherd - History: "Confessions & Creeds"
Tom J. Nettles
The Confessional Convictions of Spencer Cone - History: "Confessions & Creeds"
Tom J. Nettles

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #50    (Fall 2002)

Reflections on Twenty Years of Founders Ministries  - Editorial
Thomas K. Ascol
The Covenantal Integrity of the Local Church - Doctrine: "Ecclesiology"
Jim Elliff
John the Baptist--the Silence that Breaks the Silence - Doctrine: "Baptism"
David Kingdon

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #51  (Winter 2003)

How to Fire Your Pastor - Editorial
Tom Ascol
I Thank God for the Call to Preach -  Testimony
Allen Harrison
The Sovereignty of God and Pastoral Ministry - Doctrine" "Sovereignty of God"
Roger Ellsworth
The Importance of Defending the Trinity - Doctrine: "The Trinity"
Gannon Murphy
Confessions of a 19th-Centruy Baptist - Testimony
Nathan Finn

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #52   (Spring 2003)

Reformation and Missions - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Abstract of Principles:  Article 1 - Doctrine: "On the Abstract of Principles"
Ernest C. Reisinger
"Open Theism" is Incompatable with Inerrancy - Doctrine: "Inerrancy and Open Theism"
Roger Nicole

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #53   (Summer 2003)

Jonathan Edwards: An Appreciation - Editorial
Tom J. Nettles
Edwards and His Impact on Baptists - History
Tom J. Nettles
Awakening an Interest in Evangelism and Edwards - Evangelism
Peter Beck
Religious Affections: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff - Doctrine
Jeff Robinson

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #54   (Fall 2003)

A Pastoral Theology of Tragedy - Doctrine
Tom Ascol
Do Something Extraordinary - Miscellaneous
Roger Ellsworth
Retreating to Rome: The New Battle Over Justification - Doctrine
James W. Galyon
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #55   (Winter 2004)

Confusing Times - Editorial
Tom Ascol
Transforming Your Church: Cultivating a Culture of Peace - Miscellaneous
Ken Sande
The Good Fight of Faith - Doctrine
J. Gresham Machen
Post-Reformation Dogmatics: A Review Article - Miscellaneous
Roger Nicole

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #56   (Spring 2004)

All to the Glory of God - Editorial
Tom Ascol
The Spirituality of Work -  Doctrine
Stan Reeves
The Aching Struggles of Being a Christian Father - Testimony
Lee Tankersley
Art, Idolatry and the Glory of God - Doctrine 
Kenneth Puls
Preaching to the Glory of God -  Doctrine
Allen Harrison

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #57   (Summer 2004)

Editorial Introduction - Editorial
Tom J. Nettles
The Kind of Man God Uses: Early Baptist Voices - History
William G. Moore
The Kind of Man God Uses in Reformation - Miscellaneous
Ernest C. Reisinger
The Kind of Man God Uses: Samuel Pearce (1766–1799) - Miscellaneous
Tom J. Nettles
Circular Letter of 1795 - Reprint

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #58   (Fall 2004)

Editorial Introduction - Reflecting on the life of Ernest Reisinger
Tom Ascol
Remembering Ernest Reisinger - Miscellaneous (reflecting on the life of Ernest Reisinger)
Tom Ascol
The Law and the Gospel (Romans 6:14) - Doctrine (reflecting on the life of Ernest Reisinger)
Fred A. Malone
The Lord's Way of Evangelism - Miscellaneous (reflecting on the life of Ernest Reisinger)
Joe Nesom
Assurance -  Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
Confessional Christianity - Miscellaneous (reflecting on the life of Ernest Reisinger)
D. Matthew Allen

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #59   (Winter 2005)

Imputation: The Sinner's Only Hope -  Doctrine
Thomas K. Ascol
Recapturing the Complementarity of Law and Gospel - Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
The Moral Silence of Divorce - Miscellaneous
Peter Yoder

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #60   (Spring 2005)

Servants Who Served Well - Testimony
Thomas K. Ascol
Curtis Vaughan: A Tribute by Personal Testimony - History/Biography
Tom J. Nettles

The Blessings of God's New People: A Doxology - Doctrine
Curtis Vaughan
Relton Floyd (R.F.) Gates: A Man Who Walked with God - History
Bill Ascol


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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #61   (Winter 2005)

Finding the Richest Confessional Treasure - - Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
Which Confession? - Doctrine
Mark Dever
Interview on the Second London Confession of 1689 - Doctrine
Tom Ascol
How (and Why) Your Church Should Hold to the 1689 Confession - Doctrine
Sam Waldron
A Suggested Addition to the Second London Confession - Doctrine
Tom J. Nettles
Christ the Mediator: Pastoral Reflections from The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith  - Doctrine
Phil A. Newton
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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #62   (Spring 2006)

Contend for the Faith - Doctrine
Thomas K. Ascol
Preaching and the Doctrine of Election - Doctrine
Charles M. Blake
Musings on Church Planting - Miscellaneous
Phil A. Newton

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FOUNDERS JOURNAL #63   (Summer 2006)

Bureaucracy, Reformation and The Southern Baptist Convention -- Doctrine
Tom Ascol
Denominational Idolatry Reproved - Miscellaneous
C. D. Mallary
Denominational Integrity: A Plea from a Younger Pastor - Testimony
Joe Thorn
The Bleeding of the Evangelical Church - Reprinted Article
David F. Wells

 

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