Between Two Worlds

On the latest Koinonia Podcast Douglas Baker hosts a discussion with "leading historical theologians who identify, discuss and debate the origins, actions and future of Baptists. The origins of the Baptists and how they become a presence in the history of the church focus the discussion in ways which lead listeners to understand Baptist identity at 400."

Here are the participants:

• James Leo Garrett
• David Dockery
• Greg Wills
• Nathan Finn
  

Here's an outline:

Part I

• The Apostles – Baptists?
• Baptist origins – the sides and issues of the ongoing debate
• Baptists – are they Orthodox?
• No creed but the Bible?
• The influence of the Anabaptists
• The Protestant Reformation and the rise of the Baptists
• Landmarkism – its root and fruit
• Evangelical Calvinism – what it is, what it is not
• The Abstract of Principles.

Part II

• The rise and impact of state conventions of Baptists in the United States
• Baptist associations – their original role and purpose
• General Baptists and Particular Baptists – meaning and understanding
• Has Baptist theology changed?
• SBC Founders – their theology, beliefs and legacy
• Edgar Young Mullins and his impact on Southern Baptists
• Liberalism and the SBC
• The 1925 Memphis Convention – what happened and why?
• The Cooperative Program – its origins and development.

Part III

• Inerrancy – its definition and ongoing controversy in the SBC
• Inerrancy and the conservative resurgence
• Is the conservative resurgence over?
• The aftermath of the conservative resurgence – a perpetual fight?
• Forward into the 21st century – a possible blueprint
• Key leaders and predictions for the Southern Baptist future.