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Saturday, August 03, 2002 |
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Good Lord, why do I even read on when I see the name of Paige Patterson or Al Mohler. The guys consistently show their intense arrogance and absolute assurance (which to them is a good thing) that their interpretation of the Bible IS the most important thing in the world. Even more important than "love your neighbor".
NEWS: Patterson's Election Seals Conservative Control - Christianity Today Magazine: ""Anybody who wants to believe that the Bible is true and is deeply concerned about reaching the world for Christ is going to be increasingly happy in the Southern Baptist Convention," Patterson told CT. "Those with serious questions about the validity and veracity of certain portions of the Word and who do not have a deep commitment to evangelism and missions will be less comfortable with the Southern Baptist Convention of the twenty-first century." "
I do realize this is 4 years old, but I can never forget the havok and mayhem and absolute divisiveness people such as Pressler and Patterson brought upon the SBC. What a mess and a disgrace. I keep watch, and I pray for peace there in a theological sense just as I do for the world in the sense of the stoppage of wars and the healing of divisions. I could certainbly return if the SBC were to return to being a place of being able to print and support the voicing of theological dialogue, but for now, and for some time, it does not, and so it remains a place where I won't show my face or cast my pearls before swine. (Swine not being the populace of the SBC, but the spirit of the Pressler/Patterson coalition/hunt/crusade to "weed out the infidels (almost sounds like the fundamentalist Muslims but with a different target for the enenmy-- actually---- theologically--- they share a lot of ideas about theocracy and the "holy war".)
7:44:38 PM 
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On the other hand, re: "Christian blogs": I joined the "Christian Web Ring" to insure that there is at least one departure from the propensity to discuss and explore the typical formulas, "Christian topics", and "Christian issues" somewhere in the "Christian blog ring". I know there are others and many of my ideas are handed down and inspired by others, but I must do my part anyway and join the fold. After all, I see it as a ministry of sorts, this "de-fundamentalist-izing" of my many more traditional acquaintances. (I"m sure they probably see me as a "reclamation project" - I was, after all, a Southern Baptist, although these days this is not such a proud thing to admit, even though there are things to thank this tradition for )
7:03:21 PM
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Jordan's piece today also strikes me : I have always hated the word Christian as an adjective. Mike Yaconelli always talked about this inthe old days of the Wittenburg Door magazine. He doubted the usefulness of calling certain music "Chrsitian music". To him,, there are Christians, and there is the music they write, listen to, or like. I believe it is the same with the webring and blogosphere idea. I have found very few blogs thus far that I find identification with in the "Christian blog-ring" I found fairly quickly when I did a search on such things as Christ and Blog, or theology and blog. Usually , I have better luck with the latter because of the prominence of things such as the "Christian blog" and such.
jordoncooper.com weblog: "Another thing I have been wondering about... why do we have to have a "Christian blogosphere". Maybe it is my pluralistic Canadian worldview but what is wrong with just being a Christian and having a weblog among all the other voices. Why do some people have to create a Christian subculture with our own directories, webrings, and lingo?"
6:33:57 PM
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Jordan makes a good point. Instead of "marketing" these "top sellling authors" and people already "proven" in tyhe eyes of publishers, why not be actual weblog-ites and lift up the value of the community-driven content (At least this is what strikes me as I read this)
jordoncooper.com weblog: "I am disappointed with the disproportionate number of sites that discuss "post-modern ministry", compared to those actually that minister online. In my opinion, only a handful of websites or churches do spiritual work online (MethodX) and Beliefnet. Instead most Christian web sites either communicate to other ministers (The Ooze), provide spiritual information (Crosswalk), or service bricks and mortar ministries (For ministry) or Willow Creek). Most of the content is provided by well-known writers that are part of the Christian publishing industry. There are few alternative voices. I want to provide a publishing platform that serves everyday Christians who like to write and desire to participate in reasoned dialogue about meaningful issues."
6:27:29 PM
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