[HarleyD]

I see much of this going on in our Southern Baptist church. The traditional services has now been moved to 8:00 and is called the "Classic Worship Service". I told my wife that must make the other two Worship-Lite. Taste great but less filling.

What struck me about this article is how close the SBC was originally to historical Calvinism. It's no wonder the doctrine is very close but with theological errors no one wants to address.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

He believed that if the Christian leaders received an accurate diagnosis of the problem, they could then look for an applicable cure.

The problem, IMO, is the leaders DON'T want to receive an accurate diagnosis of the problem. It's easier to build congregations with the feel good stuff.

Becky

[George W. Bush]

What struck me about this article is how close the SBC was originally to historical Calvinism.

The South held more strongly to orthodox Christian beliefs and to Calvinism than the North. This persisted for many many decades throughout Southern society.

Naturally, modern scholars don't like to discuss this since the South of that era can only be vilified in every way imaginable. But the South had its own distinct cultural and religious heritage, one that might be argued as superior to that found in much of the North.