At some point, the SBC needs to reckon with the fact that the Conservatism of the Conservative Resurgence was part theological and part cultural.
https://twitter.com/scott_m_coley/status/1156565190823075840
There’s an important difference. The question that Southern Baptists need to confront—especially Southern Baptists born before 1970 or so—is whether the SBC is going to go along with the latest wave of fundamentalist inquisitors in their effort to conflate theological
and cultural Conservatism.
Don’t misunderstand. We should keep whatever elements of cultural Conservatism are strictly implied by theological Conservatism—e.g., the defense of life in all of its forms.
Don’t misunderstand. We should keep whatever elements of cultural Conservatism are strictly implied by theological Conservatism—e.g., the defense of life in all of its forms.
But a lot of cultural Conservatism is either unrelated or antithetic to theological Conservatism.
So you all can try to salvage pieces of the Conservative Resurgence that never should have been there in the first place, just so these guys can play Culture Warrior and pontificate about keeping women in their place and the dangers of social justice.
In that case, you will continue to preside over a dying denomination. Or you can shepherd the next generation in our efforts to confront the social infirmities that God has called us to address.
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