[RebekahT]

I agree with everything you said and I attend a 5 points teaching church. I think our conversation started by my trying to point out that John McArthur does not consider himself a Southern Baptist, although of course he agrees with most of what they teach.

"All of the Nineteenth-Century founders of the Southern Baptist Convention were five-point Calvinists. Most of today's SBC folks do not realize that, but it is completely true."
- I appreciate you saying this...I can't tell you many times I have told this to my SBC friends :)

[the_doc]

I think our conversation started by my trying to point out that John McArthur does not consider himself a Southern Baptist, although of course he agrees with most of what they teach.

Actually, you did not start off by saying that MacArthur does not consider himself a Southern Baptist. You said in #254 that MacArthur does not consider himself a Baptist (whereas he actually does, since being a Baptist is a definitional thing--as MacArthur realizes--not a matter of one's stated organizational allegiance), and then in your #558 you brought up the topic of Southern Baptists (which is actually a different topic).