Tom Nettles believes that Southern Baptist churches are still in the midst of reformation—reformation that began with the conservative resurgence but continues today. It continues because reformation requires much more than the recovery of biblical authority. Reformation must penetrate deep; it requires time, patience, sacrifice, and honest self-criticism. Modern day reformers must enact a serious reengagement with doctrinal and practical ideas of the past, for failure to do so may result in an aborted reformation.