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Southern Baptists—continued from previous page
lies with individuals within SBC (or within
any evangelical group) who hate, belittle, or
devalue those of different races; and it would
be hard not to wonder if such individuals
have ever truly been born of the Spirit for it
is that Holy Spirit who puts the love of God
in our hearts, giving us the desire and ability
to love God, to love our neighbor, to turn
the other cheek, to give our coat to someone
in need, and to care about our fellow man.
If we truly believe the Bible, we know that
all people have a common ancestry in Adam
and Eve. What’s more, to view any individual
as less valuable and more deserving of hate or
disdain because of the color of his or her skin is
going completely against the God of the Bible
who created men and women (of all races) in
His image and who loved each person so much
He gave His Son to die on the Cross that any
person who believes on Him will have eternal
life. Thus, if SBC does have a racist problem,
then they have a salvation problem with too
many of its members, and that is what should
be focused on because when that problem is
solved, the other will begin to be solved also.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth
his brother, he is a liar: for he that
loveth not his brother whom he
hath seen, how can he love God
whom he hath not seen? And this
commandment have we from him,
That he who loveth God love his
brother also. (1 John 4:20-21)
We know that we have passed from
death unto life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not his brother
abideth in death. (1 John 3:14)
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APPENDIX
aving written an article about such a
sensitive and important issue, we did
not want to include more commentary than
needed. However, there is an important
observation we feel we cannot leave out,
though we know some readers will not like
it nor agree with it.
Calvinism (in particular what old-school
Calvinists call neo/emergent Calvinism)
has been overtaking SBC churches and
seminaries to an alarming degree. J.D.
Greear, the SBC’s current president, falls
in this category as do many of the men
who are promoting CRT. While Calvin-
ists and Reformed would vehemently deny
that Calvinism has anything to do with the
infiltration of anti-biblical Marxist-leaning
beliefs, we believe there is a definite con-
nection. Many, many, many of the young
men who were mentored and trained in
Calvinism by the older seasoned Calvinists
to become pastors have turned emergent.
How did this happen? If the foundation
upon which one’s “faith” is faulty to begin
with, then the building itself will too become
faulty. Calvinism presents a “God” who does
not love every person and who wants to send
the majority of people to Hell. Very likely,
it’s because of this distorted unloving and
unbiblical view of God that so many young
Calvinists (and some older ones too) have
become emergent, and maybe that’s even why
they now are so compelled to turn to socialism
and Marxism for solutions. This is certainly
something we need to be considering, and
we’ll be reporting more on this in the future.
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The Lord is not slack concerning
his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to
repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
ENDNOTES:
1. Documentary produced by Dr. E.S.
Williams of London Metropolitan Tabernacle;
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+st
ain+of+al+mohler&&view=detail&mid=D5B
0FCFFAA840A49DC23D5B0FCFFAA840A
49DC23&&FORM=VRDGAR.
2. https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/18/
last-minute-move-southern-baptist-convention-
supports-anti-christian-racial-identity-politics.
3. https://onenewsnow.com/
church/2019/10/24/critical-race-theory-a-
bait-and-switch-tactic-infiltrating-the-church.
4. Intersectionality is the idea that there are
people who have overlapping oppressed and
“oppressor” social identities (e.g., someone
who is poor, uneducated, and homosexual; or
someone who is white, male, and educated).
5. See endnote #1.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid., minute mark 3:20 of video.
8. Ibid.
9. CRT is an offshoot of Critical Theory
according to the documentary as is social jus-
tice and feminism.
10. See endnote #1; minute mark 5:32.
11. Cisgender is a term created to refer to
people who identify themselves with the sex/
gender to which they are born.
12. See endnote #1; minute mark 9:15.
13. Ibid., minute mark 56:06.
14. Ibid., minute mark 57:00.
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