tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261954.post1242041721016392581..comments2023-06-16T07:31:34.142-05:00Comments on The View from the Hill: Should We Get Rid of the Baptist Faith and Message?Tim Sweatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207080258485611356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261954.post-69841240740355159582006-10-20T13:41:00.000-05:002006-10-20T13:41:00.000-05:00This would do away with the abstract as well, righ...This would do away with the abstract as well, right? Good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261954.post-56547573741565975912006-10-18T18:05:00.000-05:002006-10-18T18:05:00.000-05:00Pastor Tim,
Maybe the elephant in the room is inte...Pastor Tim,<br />Maybe the elephant in the room is interpretation? The one thing that the BFM seems to avoid spelling out is how to interpret the Bible properly? I wonder if a lot of the bruhaha now going on over whiskey, women and tongues has more to do with how we arrive at our points of doctrine?<br /><br />I still don't understand how preachers get some of the applications they preach from the pages I'm reading.<br /><br />.02Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261954.post-46802688544993446342006-10-17T20:35:00.000-05:002006-10-17T20:35:00.000-05:00Tim,
Re: This action by the SWBTS Board of Trustee...<strong>Tim</strong>,<br />Re: <em>This action by the SWBTS Board of Trustees is just the latest example of the trend within the SBC of narrowing the parameters of cooperation...</em><br /><br />Although I am one who has been vocal about the trend toward exceeding the BF&M, I'm not overly concerned by SWBTS action.<br /><br />The difference between the IMB and SWBTS is that SWBTS is just one of six seminaries.<br /><br />I have no problem with each of our seminaries having it's own "take" on doctrine. In other words, I would be okay if SWBTS were the dispensational seminary, SBTS the reformed seminary, etc.<br /><br />My problem with Patterson's remarks is the explicit message that this is <strong>THE</strong> SBC way. Had he acknowledged differing interpretations within SBC life and then gone on to say what SWBTS will stand for, I would not be concerned at all.<br /><br />If each of the seminaries had their own "stamp" or "stance", then we would see the dynamics of the marketplace: I would hope SWBTS enrollment would eventually decline while other seminaries - open to other interpretations while staying within the BF&M - would increase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com