Baptists are killing themselves!

And I say everyone deserves the right to love and be loved by God...liberal or not...It's discrimination and bigotry taught be organized religion that is tearing the human race apart, not Satan.
Live and, let live.

 

While I am a member of abaptist church and hwas baptized by a Baptist preacher I am not so sure that being baptist holds the standard. I would prefer if simply being a Christian was enough.

 

The article is referring to conservative, fundamentalist Baptists not moderate Baptists. As Jimmy Carter says in his new book, our country's morality is being bestroyed by the fundamentalists who seem to be more interested in political power than winning the lost to Christ.

 

Several years ago as a pastor I recognized the Biblical illiteracy among my people, and started what I called a "Christian Basics" class on Sunday mornings, a new Sunday School class. More than 30 people showed up to begin this enterprise, some of them church officers and a couple of them deacons, all saying that they realized they knew very little about the Bible.

I began by introducing the organization of the Bible and speaking about its origins. I said something about the Old and New Testaments, and someone said, "Pastor, excuse me ... Testament? What's that?". I realized that I really did have to start at the very beginning ... B I B L E, this is a Bible, etc.!!

Did the same course twice more in that church and am doing it again in the church where, in retirement, I try to make some worthy contributions.

 

You did?? Really??? Son! Tell me you're liein'!!!!!!:BangHead: :BangHead:

 

Have you ever heard of seperation of church and state? God has no place in politics.

 

If one's 'politics' are devoid of God, then one's politics will burn in hell . . .

I would rather build things upon this earth with a view towards eternity and God's politic than to just build a politic haphazardly and 'hope' it is good enough.

Jus' my 2 cents . . .

 

Seems I did read something about that once. Let's see..... O yeah, it was in the constitution

of the former Soviet Union.

 

I assume your tongue is firmly in your cheek on this response.

But since you asked, no, it is the truth. And actually what it drove me to do was to get back to -- forgive the technical term -- epistemology. I found that I needed to push the class to consider how we know anything. We looked at historiography, bias, even the Cartesian "cogito ergo sum" solution, and then put the Bible in that context rather than simply demanding that people believe the Bible because of an a priori assumption about verbal inspiration.

 

And because we don't have the word Baptist in our church name (what this thread is about, in case you missed it) we are standing for false teaching??? For someone who says they are not judging you sound really judgmental

 

You have not given one verse of Scripture to back up your opinion. Show me in Bible where it says music you don't like is garbage. While your at it, can you go ahead and clue us all in on the Biblical position on the following types: Rock, Reggae, Disco, Jazz (Dixieland style), Jazz (Progressive style), Big band, Bluegrass, Folk, Country, Celtic, Classical, Marches, Swing, Polka, Grunge, Opera, and Broadway style show tunes.

And who said anything about joining the Ecumenical movement? You seem to be an expert at what motivates us to do what we do. I can only speak for CrossPointe Church, but as far as we're concerned, you couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

 

So, is 100% agreement on all issues the benchmark?

If so, hole up. It's every man for himself.

Let's be wise...there are essentials, then there are non-essentials..."In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity." (J. Wesley)