Sounds ominous. Yes?
So wrote and warned the editor of “The Christian Index”, Gerald Harris, as he noted the inroads of Reformed teaching into the ranks of various Baptist organizations and institutions.
“It appears that some of our institutions and agencies are giving, at the least, tacit approval to Reformed theology or are, at the most, actively on a path to honor, if not implement Reformed theology and methodology in their institutions,” warned Harris.
(h/t: Brian)
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“Our real problem is we all are in desperate need for a heaven sent, Holy Spirit revival that will set on fire our cold and carnal hearts.” this is truth for all Christians as some point. God be praised.
The Calvinists have always been there…in the SBC. Younger folks are now actually looking for a theology that makes sense. They don’t care much for tradition and hate their fundamentalist upbringing. Here is a good response by an arminian to that article: http://www.williamwbirch.com/2012/02/calvinists-have-been-here.html?
I think we Calvinists should start calling ourselves Lutheranists just to cloud the water a little more.
Great sermon yesterday.
@Danny – thanks for the comments. While he was not SBC, Spurgeon was certainly a Baptist. I’d agree that Calvinism has long been been present in the SBC.
With regard to terminology – I like ‘Anglican’ for the very reason you noted above. Personally, I think that the pastoral setting of the CofE at the Reformation and following for some time made it particularly receptive to Luther’s pastoral theological sensibilities; while simultaneously, the intellecutal robustness, clarity and confidence of Calvinism clearly undergirded the Articles and the BCP (Diarmaid McCullough in his wonderful biography of Cranmer certainly portrays Cranmer as a Calvinist). So, ‘Anglican’, for me, is a helpful and accurate descriptor.
It’s funny because if you read enough on both sides of the issue, each side wants to claim Spurgeon and Edwards as their own.
My other favorite is Dave Hunt and George Bryson’s attempt to flavor today’s Calvinism as not the same as Calvin’s Calvinism.
BTW, is it true Luther had the occasion of a “potty mouth”?
Spurgeon and Edwards were both staunch Calvinists. There’s not much to debate on point.
Yes, Luther had a mouth that would make a navy master chief blush.