Comments on: Southern Baptist Megachurch Pastor Attacks Lifeway Over Novel

By: Gene Zizka

Gene Zizka — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:31:44 +0000

Hello,
I left the American Baptist Church and now consider myself to be a Southern Baptist. However the SBC has much to be concerned about.
Heretical books like “The Shack” I refuse to read. If any want to buy these kind of books from a regular bookstore, fine. I am so tired of seeing churches buckle under pressure and surrender the true biblical belief for any pressure that is put upon them. Simply put, are you bible believing Christians or not?” No middle ground,no compromise. YES OR NO! PERIOD! I was hoping to find a safe conservative home with Southern Baptists. I’ve been looking everywhere. I am becoming disillusioned and disappointed with all American churches. Who is next to succumb to the leftist tactics ? Do we yet have to start a real Southern Baptist Church ?
I trust none in any capacity as an authoritarian expert. Our leaders are becoming the blind leading the blind. Where is an INDEPENDENT Southern Baptist Church? I trust no central “authority” in any organization.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:24:12 +0000

Lifeway has been irrelevant for ten years. Didn’t you get the memo: Real baptists shop at Mardel’s! All Lifeway cares about is the next nickel…

By: bapticus hereticus

bapticus hereticus — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:30:39 +0000

Smyrl: The Shack is one of dozens of works offered on Lifeway shelves that not only contradicts the BFM, but more so, the Bible.

bapticus hereticus: Now that Smyrl is decidely in book-buring mode, he might wish to devote a few resources to cover his BFM flank. For a moment, let’s assume BFM is consistent with scripture, which is not an assumption, however, among fundamentalists, that is, it is reality. Thus we get:

BFM is congruent with scripture.

The Shack contradicts scripture.

The Shack really contradicts scripture.

Hmmm … there seems to be a bit of a problem here. Smyrl places daylight (or is it darkness?) between BFM and scripture.

Whether or not this rises to the level of Inquisition, I don’t know; I leave such matters to Inquisitions R Us, DBA SBC.

By: Crunch Frog

Crunch Frog — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:59:33 +0000

The real problem is this pastor’s warped view of reality and scripture. Oh, and the whole mega-church concept, complete with the pastor & his mega-sized ego aren’t good either.

By: Texas in Africa

Texas in Africa — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:49:03 +0000

Well, then Lifeway probably shouldn’t be selling the Left Behind series, either, on the same grounds.

Think there’ll be a book-burning in Louisville?

By: AP

AP — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:22:17 +0000

This statement is the problem with some Southern Baptists:

It is incomprehensible that Lifeway actually believes Baptist readers can filter through the bad theology and not allow the gross misrepresentation of God to influence their thinking.

So Baptists can’t think for themselves? More like this Baptist preacher can’t think for himself. Does he not know this book has not be canonized?

As soon as Southern Baptist leaders learn that we don’t want to be controlled, then maybe it will cease to be a dying denomination and will once again grow.

By: BagOfNothing.com » SBC Pastor Upset at Lifeway

BagOfNothing.com » SBC Pastor Upset at Lifeway — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:00:49 +0000

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By: peacetrain5

peacetrain5 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:52:12 +0000

I think we can all take a collective deep breath knowing we have men like this on the wall watching out for us. He represents everything that explains why the SBC has very little credibility with the outside world. I’ll watch his website to see when the next book burning will happen.

By: bapticus hereticus

bapticus hereticus — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:41:29 +0000

concerning LifeWay, SBC, FBCJax: goodness, what books remain to be burned? in any event, would not these fundamentalists be happier if they burned each other, instead?