Wade Burleson

When R.C. Sproul boiled everything down about church life, he concluded that "in Protestant worship, for the most part, we sit and listen to a sermon." But aren't we justified in asking, why would we devote an ounce of concern to this since there is nothing in the New Testament concerning sermons? The vital question that begs for an answer is, why have we taken scissors and cut 1 Corinthians 14 out of the NT, and substituted for it a "church service" which was unknown to the early believers? Further, why have we not practiced a body meeting lifting up Christ together, and instead constructed a "service" that is fixated on what "the pastor," and often a worship band, do in front of the audience? Don't Be Called Leaders seeks to answer such pivotal questions and bring the focus back to God's eternal purpose in Christ-a house for His Son, the Son in us, the Son among us, and the Son displayed to the world. The religious machine is called with leaders who have muddied the Lord's preoccupation with His anointed. God's words from the Shekinah glory cloud, "This is My beloved Son, hear Him," must be our plumb line. The Lord Jesus is the only Leader to follow.

What does the grace of God look like?Originally a sermon series preached by Pastor Wade Burleson at Emmanuel Enid in Enid, OK, The Face of Grace: Knowing & Living True Grace gives readers an in-depth look at what living out the doctrines of grace actually looks like - if it had a face. Burleson argues that until you are captivated by God's amazing grace, it will be impossible to show grace to others.The Face of Grace is designed to help you recognize God's grace and then empower you to live real grace in your relationships with others."Grace puts its hand on the boasting mouth and shuts it once and for all."Charles Spurgeon"Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace and your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace."Jerry Bridges"Grace comes into the soul like the morning sun into the world. First a dawning, then a light, and at last the sun in its full and excellent brightness"Thomas Adams

An in depth assessment and vindication of Baptist theologian John Gill's teaching on justification with particular reference to the timing of justification and its eternal dimensions by Dr George M. Ella.

In November 2005, the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention passed two policies: 1) that missionaries desiring to be appointed by the IMB be baptized in a Southern Baptist church; and 2) that prospective missionaries be disqualified from service if they used a private prayer language. Wade Burleson, a trustee of the IMB at the time, questioned the policies. Were they necessary? Were they scripturally sound? Were they in line with the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message? While Wade Burleson's Hardball Religion is the startling story of his three-year journey from Christian dissent to censure to resignation from the IMB, it is also an important record of another struggle within the SBC-the much more serious battle against the Fundamentalism that threatens to destroy the fabric of Southern Baptist cooperation. Hardball Religion is a call for Southern Baptists to see the importance of having multiple voices heard, voices who represent diverse positions on the issues, when some Southern Baptists are vigorously pushing to silence all dissent within the Convention.