An Update On The SBC Soteriology Controversy

I’ve posted once before on this topic, which can be found here.

Now that the “Traditional View” of Southern Baptists on Salvation has been published far and wide, there are some other voices joining the conversation, and most of them are playing a lot nicer than I did. Ligon Duncan has put in his two cents, as has Dr. R. Albert Mohler. But what is most interesting to me is that Roger Olson has gotten into the mix as well.

I want you to see and image taken from my wall on Facebook that helps shed some light on why this is an issue:

Dr. Olson isn’t know for being a friend of Calvinist soteriology, so when even he steps up and says that there’s a problem…much less that the problem is Semi-Pelagianism (!), that, my friends and readers, is really bad.

Just Some Thought’s on the Latest Anti-Calvinist Screed from the SBC

As a general rule, I’m a fairly easy person to get along with; in fact, it takes a good bit to get me riled up, but the latest anti-Calvinist screed that has been pumped out by some of those in the Southern Baptist Convention has gotten my dander up. You’ll note that the following post contains some sharp language; if you’re easily offended, you may want to pass by this particular post.

Just about the time I sincerely hoped the Caner brothers had entirely dropped out of sight, after the Ergun Caner debacle starting almost 2 years ago and the resultant “Great Evangelical Coverup”, facilitated by Veritas Evangelical Seminary and Dr. Norman Geisler, along comes Emir Caner as a signatory to the pile of rubbish titled “A Statement of Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation.” To that I say, “Horse-feathers and poppy-cock, my good man.”