Comments on Baptists Today Blogs: What's manifest in the "Evangelical Manifesto"?

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2008-05-28T09:59:00.000-04:00

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They've never had a "hill on which to die," regard...

2008-05-13T17:40:00.000-04:00

They've never had a "hill on which to die," regardless of the misrepresentation by the book of a same name. With those guys, it was always a "hill on which to kill." Now, they are just cannibalizing their own.

For the fundies to try and coopt a voice of moderation is about 20 years to late, imo. More evangelicals are finally reading God's Word, and realizing that Christ cares for many issues, not just the 2 that Land/etal would call them to. The more they read the red letters, the less the Republican Party looks like God's party. God is calling us (regardless of political affiliation) to be counter-cultural. Lets get to work on His business. I'm sure it will be much more productive.

Tim Dahl
Lake Worth, TX

Tony,You said:"toadies for a political ideology."A...

2008-05-09T21:13:00.000-04:00

Tony,

You said:

"toadies for a political ideology."

And,

"Evangelicals and the Republican Party (some think of the GOP as 'God's Only Party'), that word is welcome."

These are probably very legitimate criticisms within themselves. But coming from the left they are quite laughable; for the religious left is just as toady for left wing politics as the religious right is for right wing politics.

You said,

"there's no one way for true believers to vote, no one issue that drives our votes, or one party to whom Evangelicals must pledge allegiance."

So why not just go ahead and say what the left has being saying for years - that there is really no one faith for true believers to believe, no one truth on which to base one's morals, no one conception of God for all the faithful - no, not one hill on which to die.

Mark Osgatharp
Wynne, Arkansas

Tony: Good job; I gave the statement the Fox Tre...

2008-05-09T16:29:00.000-04:00

Tony:
Good job; I gave the statement the Fox Treatment at my blog as well, emphasizinb a brief exchange I had at Samford recently with a Bonhoeffer scholar in the presence of Timothy George.
I like Parham's reservations about Timothy George in this matter; Land and George should not be given a pass.
Charles Marsh has an interesting nuance on inerrancy and Schaeffer and the Lausanne Covenant that I think should be a part of the inflection and parsing of this "manifesto".
Hoping you can bring your influece to bear on the creation of a breakout at Memphis CBF to discuss it all.
At a minimum think we should have a thorough go at it there.
Sfox