The SBC’s continued pursuit of its prevalent flavor of theology – American Christianity – driven as it is by a seeker-sensitive model of church growth, finds its ERLC conference with one day under its belt. The two-day conference, August 25 & 26, was coincidentally (probably not) given the theme, Onward, also the title of Russell Moore’s recent book.
The Ethics And Religious Liberty Commission conference includes a multitude of speakers, celebrity Christians, mega pastors, and even a poet. For the SBC, where doctrinal allegiance and Biblical authority are increasingly becoming mere theological terms reserved for the training halls of seminaries, it’s no surprise Scripture might be downplayed at a denominational conference. But for it to be outright denigrated might be an ignoble first, even for the SBC.
The unfettered zeal to “engage the culture” can be interpreted, perhaps, as the convention’s superficial mantra to hide an underlying bureaucratic panic. The virulent hemorrhaging of members needs an emergency response team. Swing open the doors! Invite in the goats! Engage! Entertain! Retain! Onward! We don’t need no stinkin’ doctrine!
So, day one of the conference allowed us to capture this little nugget of outright denial of Biblical authority. You may not have heard it so blatantly exclaimed from a Southern Baptist pulpit, but if you’re perceptive enough, you can discern it as underlying truth that drives the methodology of many SBC churches. It’s the “it’s all about you gospel” … and you don’t need much Bible for that … cuz it ain’t in the Bible!
In playing the wildly favorite “What If You Were Pope” game with Andy Stanley, Russell Moore, President of the ERLC, posits the following question to the mega-church superstar pastor.
“If you were, for real, the evangelical pope and you really had the authority to say ‘this is how it’s gonna be within American evangelical Christianity,’ what would you do?” Russell Moore
Read more: http://pulpitandpen.org/2016/08/26/sbc-conference-get-the-spotlight-off-the-bible-courtesy-of-russell-moore-andy-stanley/
Russell Moore, Andy Stanley, and their Identical Cultural Worldviews – Polemics Report http://polemicsreport.com/2016/08/27/russell-moore-andy-stanley-and-their-identical-cultural-worldviews/
Podcast: Andy Stanley Pretty Much Tired of the Bible – Polemics Report
http://polemicsreport.com/2016/08/31/podcast-andy-stanley-pretty-much-tired-of-the-bible/
WWUTT 255 The Authority of the Word of God? | East From West
Moore and Andy Stanley, the latter of whom has some problems with the Bible. http://eastfromwest.podbean.com/e/wwutt-255-the-authority-of-the-word-of-god/
#260 Q&A Stanley’s Problem With the Bible | East From West
Taking questions from listeners, responding to Andy Stanley’s teaching and why it is so dangerous. http://eastfromwest.podbean.com/e/260-stanleys-problem-with-the-bible/
I know that Pastor Gabe from WWUTT (East from West) doesn't mention a problem with Russell Moore, but Moore is as much of a problem as Stanley is. -See: In Praise Of The Pope, Amnesty, And Environmentalism: Meet The ERLC’S Russell Moore - ONE WAY JESUS
http://onewayjesus.weebly.com/blog/in-praise-of-the-pope-amnesty-and-environmentalism-meet-the-erlcs-russell-moore
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