Building Bridges Conference: Southern Baptists and Calvinism

Additional resources:
- Article: LifeWay, NAMB studies: Calvinism on upswing among younger SBC pastors (11/27/07)
- Inside LifeWay podcast: LifeWay Research studies Calvinism (9/18/06)

Below are streaming audio and/or podcasts of sessions from the Building Bridges: Southern Baptists and Calvinism conference, sponsored by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Founders Ministries. The conference, which took place Nov. 26-28 at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center, consisted of sessions featuring two speakers who addressed different perspectives of each of the topics listed below.

Inside LifeWay, the official news podcast of LifeWay Christian Resources, was on-site to record the sessions and make them available as quickly as possible after they ended. All the topical sessions from the conference are now available. Last updated Nov. 30 at 8:45 a.m. CDT

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The Nov. 27, worship sessions from this conference are also available. Click here for these files.

Session - Calvinism and SBC Leadership: Key Findings and Evangelistic Implications; Nov. 26, 2007

Ed Stetzer (19:47) - Director, LifeWay Research; resident missiologist of LifeWay Christian Resources

Session - The Historical Record; Nov. 26, 2007

David Dockery (48:45) - President, Union University

Tom Nettles (45:44) - Professor of historical theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS)

Session - Calvinism: A Cause for Rejoicing, A Cause for Concern; Nov. 27, 2007

Malcolm Yarnell (51:51) - Assistant dean, theological studies; associate professor of systematic theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS)

Jeff Noblit (1:02:16) - Senior pastor, First Baptist Church, Muscle Shoals, Ala.

Session - The Atonement: Its Design, Nature and Extent; Nov. 27, 2007

Sam Waldron (43:26) - Academic dean; professor of theology, Midwest Center for Theological Studies, Owensboro, Ky.

David Nelson (44:44) - Senior vice president, academic administration; professor of theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS)

Session - Theological Stereotypes: Let's Be Fair and Honest with Each Other; Nov. 27, 2007

Charles Lawless (44:04) - Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth, SBTS

Nathan Finn (47:56) - Instructor of church history, SEBTS

Session - Election and Calling: A Biblical/Theological Study; Nov. 27, 2007

Ken Keathley (50:45) - Senior associate dean; professor of theology, SEBTS

Greg Welty (48:46) - Assistant professor of philosophy, SWBTS

Session - Panel Discussion; Nov. 28, 2007

Panelists - Daniel Akin (moderator), Nathan Finn, David Nelson, Tom Ascol, Ken Keathley, Malcolm Yarnell, Greg Welty

Part 1 (49:28)

Part 2 (36:47)

Session - Working Together to Make Christ Known; Nov. 28, 2007

Daniel Akin (50:18) - President, SEBTS

Tom Ascol (47:14) - Senior pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Cape Coral, Fla.; Executive director, Founders Ministries

Conclusion; Nov. 28, 2007

Ed Stetzer (3:46) - Director, LifeWay Research; resident missiologist of LifeWay Christian Resources

Worship services
*The worship services were not originally planned as part of the recorded material to be made available, therefore the worship services from Nov. 26 were not captured. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has versions of those sermons, which are available here: Dr. James Merritt (37:55); Dr. R. Albert Mohler (43:55)

J.D. Greear (42:40); 11/27/07 - Pastor, Summit Church, Durham, N.C.

Donald Whitney (58:04); 11/27/07 - Senior associate dean, School of Theology; associate professor of biblical spirituality, SBTS

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