This past week at the Southern Baptist Convention in Greensboro, North Carolina a couple of heavyweight Pastors squared off on a topic sure to produce warm fuzzy, cumba-ya, friends forever emotions from the "messengers"--yes, you guessed it! All together now--Calvinism.
In one corner was former SBC President and Southwestern Theological Seminary bossman Paige Patterson. In the other corner was Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler. Ok, the headline of my post may have exaggerated things a bit--it wasn't a death match, or even a debate for all practical purposes, but if I've learned anything from blogging, its that you must hook your readers in with a splashy title (or did I learn that from Rick Warren?).
For any of you Southern Baptists interested in the goings on of the annual convention, click here. The Pure Church blog has done a wonderful job of transcribing the session. I was actually very encouraged by both men and it is a credit to our denomination to have an example of brotherly love and respect, despite disagreements over certain sticky doctrinal issues. It's worth your read for sure.
Also check out the Thoughts and Adventures blog where Scott Lamb is live blogging the election of the new president.
