Below is a recent sermon by Dr. Chuck Quarles. You can download the sermon here.
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This post is for those hurting at Louisiana College. You know who you are. You have had your faith tested because of the actions of evil men who falsely wear the name of Jesus. You have been kept awake at night by anxiety and a million thoughts of what is to come. At times, your anger rises so high that you imagine becoming like those who you hate, believing the lie that the only way to fight evil is with more evil. This post is for you.
President Joe Aguillard has now officially ruined relations with the sole donors of the Louisiana College Caskey School of Divinity. Announced first on Faith On View, the anonymous family funding the Caskey School of Divinity recently penned a letter announcing their withdrawal of financial support:
I have said recently on this blog and elsewhere that a battle over Calvinism need not take place here at Louisiana College, the Louisiana Baptist Convention, or in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Dr. Chuck Quarles, Dean of the Louisiana College Caskey School of Divinity, wrote a very helpful article published in the Louisiana Baptist Message in August of 2011 that is fitting for this very hour.
As a Baptist state college, state convention, and national convention, we must choose our battles wisely.
This article has appeared at Between the Times and Expounding the Word (originally posted July 14, 2012).
What Do Southern Baptists Believe about Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility in Salvation?
By Charles L. Quarles
Over the last several years, discussions about divine sovereignty and human responsibility in salvation have intensified in our Southern Baptist context. Labels like “Calvinist,” “Arminian,” and “semi-Pelagian” have been tossed around, often too freely, and this has brought more confusion than clarity to important doctrinal discussions in which we cannot afford to leave room for misunderstanding. I have always resisted these labels. My experience is that people define them in very different ways. My refusal to accept any of the above labels is not prompted by any desire to deceive others or to hide my views. I refuse to accept the labels simply because the issues are too important to leave room for being misunderstood by someone who is using a different “dictionary.”
“Paul’s ministry was a tearful ministry and God seldom blesses a tearless one.” – Dr. Chuck Quarles
Below is a video from the Louisiana College Caskey School of Divinity Founder’s Day event. Dr. Quarles’ dedication to evangelism and missions is that of the Apostle Paul.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see. – John Newton
John Newton’s “Amazing Grace” is played and sung in churches across the world every Lord’s Day. It is no doubt the favorite hymn of many Southern Baptists, and yet the theology behind the hymn seems to be currently eroding in our Southern Baptist era. Continue Reading…
Dr. Charles (Chuck) Quarles, Vice President for Integration of Faith and Learning at Louisiana College and Dean of the Caskey School of Divinity, has written a clear and helpful article on what Baptists believe regarding divine sovereignty and human responsibility in salvation titled, “What Baptists Believe.” Quarles cites both the New Hampshire Baptist Confession and the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 in expounding what Baptists believe. Continue Reading…
Dr. Chuck Quarles, Dean of the Caskey School of Divinity at Louisiana College, shares his experience in personally learning a higher motivation of gospel proclamation, the exaltation of God.
Quarles spent 3 years in Romania proclaiming the gospel to the lost and training ministers to shepherd God’s sheep. Continue Reading…
In a recent comment on his own post at SBCToday.com, Dr. Eric Hankins, pastor of First Baptist Church of Oxford, Mississippi and son of David Hankins, the Executive Director of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, joined the vocal group of Southern Baptists who view Calvinism within the Southern Baptist Convention as a danger that needs to be dealt with.
Hankins states:
…this growing problem didn’t start with guys like me condemning Calvinism. For instance, the SBC gladly placed Al Mohler at Southern knowing full-well he was a Calvinist. We were proud and appreciative of his erudition and leadership. But the neo-Calvinists started the name calling and pushing, saying things like, “most Southern Baptists are semi-pelagian.” If they don’t want a fight, they shouldn’t use fighting words. So, now that the issue is being pushed, it looks like we’re going to argue it all the way out. I, for one, believe the logical conclusions of Calvinism are clear and they are dangerous, and I will be encouraging other Southern Baptists not to subscribe to it. I think that will be pretty easy because most of them don’t.
Hankins is not alone. In the past year, several prominent Southern Baptists who view Calvinism as a threat to Southern Baptist life have been vocal and unashamed in their rhetoric. Continue Reading…
When I transferred to LC last January several students told me about an apologetics conference they had just attended a few weeks before. The conference was put on by New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) and was a week long conference featuring several well known apologists/professors and LC’s own Dr. Chuck Quarles.
I am very excited to blog that NOBTS will be hosting the “Defend the Faith” conference January 9-14, 2011. Click here to learn more about the classes and teachers.
