Magazine pulled

I rarely go to Christian bookstores because I get too upset when I see some of the stuff they sell.

I agree they should be more consistent. But it's a fallacious argument to say that because they are not this way with other materials, they should not have banned this magazine.

 

I think he overreacted! A bookstore deciding not to sell a publication is done all the time, every day, by every bookstore in the U.S.

 

Wade Burleson is an advocate of women Pastors. Any outrage he has is a result of his unbiblical and liberal view.

 

Well, thanks for the info. Now I see why he said what he said. It really had nothing to do with most of his article but rather that he disagrees with the SBC view of women pastors. Hmmm.

 

Just as a source for any statements I have made about him you can reference his blog that he no longer adds to.

 

ewww... women pastors.. Run! Hide the children!!!
Keep em women in order!



I guess the Baptist principle of church autonomy is dying!

Who made them hide the magazine SBC or was it a local decision?

 

How did you draw that conclusion from this thread?

 

I imagine the head of Lifeway made the decision. I don't think it has anything to do with church autonomy.

I still think it was bad to have this magazine for sale at all, even before this issue.

 

My guess is that it would have come from the person over the Retail division. There is a guy who is unfortunate enough to receive all the complaints. It's happened that way in the past with titles (The Shack, Blue Like Jazz, for example)....and I'm sure it happened that way again.

 

I misunderstood! oops....
sorry...
Not being SBC, I am confused about lifeway... Does the membership of SBC churches have any say at all in Lifeway?

 

I disagree...the whole purpose of LifeWay having a retail store is to provide resources for those that are not necessarily SBC. It is retail.

In fact, that is the primary reasoning behind changing the name from the Baptist Board to LifeWay, so they would get rid of the image of only having Baptist materials.

So, that being said, I think it is over the top. They have a general guideline regarding content, which is quite obviously general based on numerous authors and titles....and if they are going to be strict on one issue (in this case, women pastors) then they need to go back to being the Baptist Board, get rid of retail that provides so many other products, and be consistent.

 

Well if the SBC membership does not have any control over what is sold there.. then they have the right to sell what the owners want...

This is America...
Sell it or not, owner's choice.

Buy it or not, buyer's choice...

But if you are going to pull something because of theological reasons, be consistant... and pull Osteen's stuff, and all the other bad stuff!

 

In the article he says he AGREES with the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message prohibition against women pastors

 

I'm reading "The Shack" now and might start a thread when I'm finished. I am disturbed by some things. I know there was a thread on it in Books but I want to debate it so I may start a thread in General Baptist Discussions on it.

 

And yet if you read his positions on his blog he clearly speaks contrary to that.

 

Haha I was just saying the same thing to my husband. BTW they were called Baptist Bookstore not Baptist Board.

 

I see your point, dan e. but having more than just So. Baptist materials does not mean they have to have something that goes against a So. Baptist view.

If I had a retail bookstore, you can be sure there is plenty I would not be selling, and I might be more strict in some areas than others, making me look inconsistent. I would have Christian punk music (if there is such a thing) but I would not have books by T D Jakes or the Word Faith people.

 

Right...the retail stores were the Baptist Bookstore, but the company was the Baptist Sunday School Board. I was just getting the two mixed, I guess.

 

Who really cares?! in the big scheme of things the SBC has worked themselves out of modern relevancy and now looks like a bunch of crusty old men trying to tell everyone to stay off their grass. Sell don't sell, but don't act as if it is some great moral stand that you are taking to save the whole of Christianity.

 

that was a funny post.

You're right, when put in proper perspective, it isn't that huge of a deal. It is just one other annoying thing, to me, on a list of annoying ways the SBC handles themselves.