"Crisis of Liberal Belief"

Rev. G · Sep 23, 2002

What do you think? In a recent article by Baptist Press it is reported that Presbyterian pastor D. James Kennedy praised the Southern Baptist Convention for its return to traditional Christian beliefs (http://bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=14297). In the article these statements are made:

The program contended that a "crisis" of liberal belief exists within the Protestant church and that "the return to biblical roots in the Southern Baptist Convention is the only known time in America where a denomination has ever successively reversed the slide into theological liberalism."
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The program also asserted that "liberalism usually begins" in seminaries and colleges, and that "once these schools become useless to the Kingdom of God, they rarely return to their Christian roots." A generation ago, the program argued, "too many of (Southern Baptist) seminary professors began to deny the historicity of the Scriptures." However, conservative Southern Baptists "rose up to turn the tide."

"A majority of American clergy in the mainline churches ... do not hold to the major essential doctrines of the Christian faith," he said. "One of the consequences of this is that every year these denominations lose thousands of members ..."

"Once you no longer have the Word of God as the foundation for your faith, what you replace the Word of God with is yourself and your own opinions and your own attitudes. And then you're free to do and believe anything you want and call it Christianity, even though you have somehow along the away become an enemy of the historic Christian faith."
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This seems to be relevant material for a discussion in this section.

Rev. G

Rev. G · Sep 24, 2002

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller....Bueller....

rsr · Sep 24, 2002

Rev. G, this was also posted in the News Affecting Baptists Worldwide forum. There are a few responses there.

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