Update to my earlier report:
Brother Chadwick Ivester from SC has been to their State Pastor’s Conference and has said that Danny Akin has said a few choice words on this topic too. Dr. Akin, who is, if I recall, an Amyraldian, believes the problem isn’t Calvinism, but bibically illiterate pastor-teachers.
From his notes (emphasis mine)
So, we've had the President of SEBTS and the Chairman of the North American Mission Board of the SBC both say some choice, public words about the anti-Calvinist rhetoric flying about the SBC. What's next, the sun turning to darkness and the moon to blood?Then let’s step into our own family: oh, were at a crisis: We’re having debates about Baptism, both, the lack of them,
and just what constitutes Biblical baptism. . . We’re talking about tongues . . . We’re talking about alcohol. . .
We’re talking about church discipline. . .and we’re talking about church membership. . . and we’re talking about worship. . . and of course. . . WE’RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CALVINISM.
And, yet, much of what I hear, today, IS SLOPPY . . .IT IS ILL-INFORMED. . .
THEOLOGICALLY AND BIBLICALLY, WE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF OURSELVES!!! . . . OF SOME OF THE TRITE PUNCHLINES THAT WE HEAR COMING OUT OF
THE MOUTHS OF SUPPOSED LEADERS WITHIN THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION!
Now lest you misunderstand me. . . I am not a fivepoint Calvinist. . . . BUT I CERTAINLY BELIEVE WHEN YOU CRITIQUE SOMETHING, YOU OUGHT TO DO IT WITH INTEGRITY. . . .YOU OUGHT TO DO IT
FAIRLY. . . . AND YOU OUGHT TO DO IT WITH SOME SEMBLANCE OF KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. . . BUT WE DON’T DO VERY GOOD AT IT RIGHT NOW! BECAUSE WE’RE NOT TEACHING
THE BIBLE. . . WE’RE NOT TEACHING THEOLOGY. . . AND WE, INDEED, HAVE LOST SIGHT OF OUR CALLING. . . .AS THE PASTOR/TEACHER OF EPHESIANS 4:11. . . OR IF YOU LIKE, THE CALLING TO BE A PASTOR/THEOLOGIAN.”
Praise the Lord! One church has a word or two for these so-called "Christians" who deny election and predestination:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.landoverbaptist.org/audio/pod/sissychristians1.mp3