Comments on: I Have a Problem

By: Rolando

Rolando — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:40:50 +0000

No, you’re not alone. We just nedd to rise our voice all together, because would be madness, and sinful, keep things like they are right now

By: Brad Morton

Brad Morton — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:19:06 +0000

AWESOME, AWESOME, and more AWESOME! Although your text was assigned by a Baptist University steeped in legalism…I will not mention any names…you clearly communicate what it means to seek Christ centered balance in life. It is clear you are constantly evaluating where the healthy area dwells between inappropriate liberalism and Spirit squelching legalism.

Thank You

By: John Bohannon

John Bohannon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:53:05 +0000

Amen and Amen! I just picked up your convergence book while on campus this week and I’ve perused about half of it thus far. I appreciate your balanced approach with the ECM–seeking to embrace what is healthy and standing firm on legitimate concerns. Also I’m grateful for your work and passion to stay in tune with culture (folks and movements outside the classroom) for the cause of Christ.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:04:31 +0000

Dr. Reid,
Thank you for your post. I have read many web articles about the current challenges with the SBC. I am a church member and have been involved in various leadership roles over the last 15 years. I am concerned about what I see taking place today.

I am especially concerned when I see posts like Clint’s. I agree with your challenge to Clint to hang in there. I too would challenge those on “the ledge” to hang in there. I would ask for everyone to consider the consequence if the “3rd generation” was to leave the convention. Imagine the headlines on CNN or Fox News. Exiting the SBC is not the answer. I urge all to continue in prayer and to have faith that our Precious Lord and Savior will provide and strengthen our convention according to His will.

By: Ryan Fontenot

Ryan Fontenot — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:51:35 +0000

Could not agree more with you Doc. Though we should have men we look up to a learn from, we must always remember, “they are not Jesus!’

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:17:04 +0000

Bravo!!! Dr Reid, Bravo!!!

By: Josh Reid

Josh Reid — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:21:21 +0000

Good post. Short, swift and to the point. I don’t know a lot about the SBC, but I hope the focus is on Scripture and not on preference and tradition only. Maybe I’m a bit off I don’t know. I simply hope the motives are not their own.

By: Alvin Reid

Alvin Reid — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:58:50 +0000

Clint:
Your post summarizes over 150 I have received via Facebook, email, phone calls, and here. Hang in there. I believe we have reached a tipping point.

By: Clint Wagnon

Clint Wagnon — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:53:33 +0000

Thank you, Dr. Reid, for your timely and truthful words. I am one of those young men standing on the ledge. I’ve been a SBC pastor since I was twenty years old. I am a graduate of a SBC seminary, and proven SBC church planter. I believe every stroke of God’s Word and my heart blazes for planting healthy, reproducing churches that contextualize the gospel and spread the glory and fame of Jesus (which I am doing.) But I have two problems: I am biblical and I am missional. Therefore, I am feeling less and less at home in what is becoming the current convention. I think of Ronald Reagan when I say, I didn’t leave the SBC… the SBC left me. So here I stand, on the ledge, with more of my brothers than the convention is counting, ready to leap and leave the SBC behind. I was thrilled at the arrival of the conservative resurgence. But the resurgence didn’t go far enough. The SBC needs a reformation. But as that seems less and less likely, the convention is about to witness the departure of legions of its brightest leaders.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:09:05 +0000

You are not the only one. We are many, and we are ashamed of what our convention has become. I want to see a day when we PARTNER with ministries, rather than bashing them and chasing witch hunts of anyone who believes the slightest bit differently. The SBC is shooting itself in the foot, and young men are leaving by the truckload. Many great pastors are seminary students are moving away from Southern Baptist churches, and I fear for the future of the convention.