Denny Burk

The Conversion of a Pastor

Denny Burk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:39:26 +0000

Brian Payne is the pastor of Lakeview Baptist Church in Auburn, AL, a dear friend, a former colleague at Boyce College, and one of the finest expositors in the Southern Baptist Convention. He just had his 5-year anniversary as pastor and his 35-year anniversary of coming to Christ. Brian was converted at a Truth concert during the song “Holy of Holies”—a song about Jesus as our High Priest from the book of Hebrews.

If you remember that era of Truth music, you will remember that song was huge. It was certainly huge in Brian’s life. Yesterday, the worship pastor at Lakeview did an extraordinary thing. He surprised Brian by bringing in former Truth member Russ Lee to sing “Holy of Holies” with the church choir–right before Brian was to preach Hebrews 9:11-12.

Russ Lee has never sung “Holy of Holies” before, and it is a difficult song to pull off. It was originally sung by Andy Chrisman. On the night Brian was converted, Jody McBrayer sang it. But Russ Lee was the singer who prayed with Brian to receive Christ at the close of the concert. So it was an extraordinary moment when Russ Lee walked out on that stage to sing with the choir. Brian was understandably overcome with emotion.

I don’t know how Brian preached after that, but he did. Watch Russ Lee and the choir perform the song in the first video and see the whole thing unfold. Then watch Brian’s masterful exposition of Hebrews 9:11-12, which is the second video.

If you live in the vicinity of Auburn, Alabama and don’t have a Bible-believing, Gospel-preaching church, you need to get to Lakeview.

Get Married, Have Babies, Join a Church – CBMW Podcast

Denny Burk — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:09:16 +0000

I had a great conversation with Sean DeMars about his outstanding little book titled Get Married, Have Babies, Join a Church.

You can watch the interview at the YouTube link below, or you can listen at Spotify or Apple podcasts below that.

Mere Complementarianism on “The Becket Cook Show”

Denny Burk — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:11:20 +0000

I had a great conversation with Becket Cook about Mere Complementarianism on his podcast “The Becket Cook Show.”

He was really interested in how egalitarian interpretation of the Bible relates to LGBTQ+ affirmation.

You can watch the YouTube version or listen to the Spotify podcast linked below. You can buy the book at Amazon here.

Thanks, Becket!

Men in the WNBA? – CBMW Podcast

Denny Burk — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:00:05 +0000

On this episode, Jonathan Swan, Colin Smothers, and I discuss the controversy surrounding Sophie Cunningham and transgender activists pushing for biological men to be able to play in the WNBA.

The YouTube video of our discussion is below along with Spotify version below that.

I Will Glorify My Name – John 12:27-50

Denny Burk — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:26:07 +0000

In his little book Reflections on the Psalms, C. S. Lewis calls it a “miserable idea that God should in any sense need, or crave for, our worship like a vain woman wanting compliments, or a vain author presenting his new books to people who never met or heard of him.” Lewis says that such a being would be an “absurd Deity”—one so needy and vain that he would be more worth our contempt and disdain than our worship (108-109).

What then do we do with the fact that the Bible presents God as a God-centered God? A God who regularly calls upon His creatures to worship Him? What do we do with texts like John 12:27-50 in which God says “I will glorify myself”? I discuss this and more in my most recent message for Kenwood Baptist Church. You can listen at Spotify or Apple podcasts below.

Interview with Fred Zaspel about 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚

Denny Burk — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:13:57 +0000

I really appreciate Fred Zaspel’s work at the website Books at a Glance, which publishes loads of reviews of important books on theology and Bible. Fred also sometimes interviews authors, and I recently sat with him for such an interview.

It’s in two parts below. Part one is about complementarianism more generally, and part two is about my new book Mere Complementarianism specifically. I put part two first since it’s about the book.

Thanks for the interviews, Fred!

Part 2

Part 1 Gay Activist Too ‘Conservative’ for Today’s Left – CBMW Podcast

Denny Burk — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:05:22 +0000

On this episode of the CBMW Podcast, we discuss the backlash from New York Times readers to an article by Matthew Vines, in which he tries to normalize “gay” and distance himself from “queer.”

TGC’s review of 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚

Denny Burk — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:06:29 +0000

Nadya Williams has written a positive review of Mere Complementarianism for TGC. She writes:

“This book is a helpful and readable resource for those who want to understand why complementarianism is important both theologically and practically—because… this matters for the body of Christ that is the church. Mere Complementarianism delivers as promised: an overview of God’s vision for men and women in the church and beyond that’s straightforward and helpful.”

Read the rest of her review here. You can order the book from Amazon below:

Mere Complementarianism on “Room for Nuance” Podcast

Denny Burk — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:04:04 +0000

Sean Demars and I had a long discussion on his Room for Nuance podcast about my new book Mere Complementarianism: Male and Female in the Image of God. I really appreciate Sean’s careful read of the book and his thoughtful questions.

You can watch or listen at the YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcast links below.

Introducing “Mere Complementarianism”

Denny Burk — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:06:49 +0000

Yesterday was the official release day of my new book Mere Complementarianism: Male and Female in the Image of God. It is now available at a variety of your favorite online booksellers:

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Westminster | 10 of Those | TGC

Today we talked about the book on the CBMW podcast. I hope you’ll take a listen but also get a copy of the book and read it. The YouTube video of our discussion is below along with Spotify and Apple Podcasts versions below that.