I was reduced to utter tears yesterday at what I thought was a new transcript of Todd Beamer’s 911 call from the rear galley of United 93.
I felt like his story was not well known.
However, I didn’t fully vet the provenance…
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If you know me at all in real life, then you know I am quite anal about due diligence.
There is a special kind of irony that the only thing that I have ever had go viral was something whose veracity turned out suspect.
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A number of folks helpfully pointed out later in the day yesterday that they didn’t think this was a definitive transcript and they were correct that it wasn’t definitive.
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EXPANDED THREAD on the fracturing of evangelicalism:
I keep thinking about what I’m observing as I talk to other pastors & ministry leaders around the country and I think that evangelicalism is fracturing into at least 6 distinct groups:
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1. Christian nationalists/neo-fundamentalists
2. Evangelicals - still committed to culture war but not with the same dynamics as # 1s
3. Post-Evangelicals - doctrinally identical to # 2s but uncomfortable w/ political implications of ‘evangelical’ label and diff in phil. of min
4. Ex-vangelicals - similar to # 3s but actively/vocally more critical of groups 1 and 2
5. Dechurched but some Jesus - similar to # 4 but tension w/ church has led them to leave institutional church and doubts rising
6. Dechurched but no Jesus - no longer a Christian
1. I have a deep admiration and appreciation for the men who wrote this statement and firmly believe both their Gospel commitments and that they had the best intentions
2. I am not in the SBC but this statement will impact my ability to pastor and will shape the ongoing conversation
3. I am aware that brevity of such statements often hurts the ability to create the nuance and clarity that this thread is encouraging
There seem to be two main aspects to the conversation on reparations IDEOLOGY and ADMINISTRATION: 1. Is this idea just and/or Biblical?
2a. If yes to #1, who should receive them and how much?
2b. If yes to #1, who should pay for them and how much?
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A good argument can be made from pure logic as @scott_m_coley has enumerated here:
There are dozens of verses in the Bible about making restitution for wrongs, here are a few exemplars:
Ex 21:3-4
Ex 22:2-15
Lev 5:4-16
Lev 6:1-6
Lev 24:17-21
Num 5:6-7
2 Sam 12:5-6
Prov 6:31
Luke 19:8-9