tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post968888603910450464..comments2023-10-19T10:34:33.030-05:00Comments on Praisegod Barebones: The Myth of Hard-Hearted Southern Baptist ConservativesBart Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-31726649565445040212007-05-22T00:32:00.000-05:002007-05-22T00:32:00.000-05:00In the December 18, 2006 Southern Baptist Texan ne...In the December 18, 2006 Southern Baptist Texan newsmag there was an article from a study that showed Conservatives more generous than liberals. <BR/>I'm sorry but I don't know how to insert the link, but the address is:<BR/>http://www.arthurbrooks.net/statistics.html<BR/>Some interesting stats...<BR/>Just like true conservatives, we don't like to toot our own horn. <BR/>I recently heard a Joe Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868342606099684323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-1989214188982290722007-05-21T13:30:00.000-05:002007-05-21T13:30:00.000-05:00A short clarification for my previous comment.The ...A short clarification for my previous comment.<BR/><BR/>The gospel need is the most important need there is. However, I think they both go hand in hand.<BR/><BR/>dwmiiidwm IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789864109455705598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-26347066614759201752007-05-21T12:50:00.000-05:002007-05-21T12:50:00.000-05:00Bart,I agree with you completely about planting ch...Bart,<BR/><BR/>I agree with you completely about planting churches, evangelism, and any spiritual work. I was talking about cooperating with people that we do not share the same exact theology with on purely social, compassion, or justice issues. We have been doing that for years, but sometimes people make a big deal about it when a new alliance is being suggested. I was just making a point that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-53513804490541088892007-05-21T11:45:00.000-05:002007-05-21T11:45:00.000-05:00Thanks to everyone for stopping by and commenting....Thanks to everyone for stopping by and commenting.<BR/><BR/>I'm in a hospital with a family waiting out a surgery, so I can't really bury my head into my laptop. I'll try to make a combined answer to various questions:<BR/><BR/>Strider: Praise God for your DR work! I agree that this shouldn't be about conservative/liberal. The accusations from the liberal side are what inject ideology into this Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-53378856298078201012007-05-21T10:31:00.000-05:002007-05-21T10:31:00.000-05:00Great job, Bart! Did you also notice the lack of ...Great job, Bart! Did you also notice the lack of generosity of liberals in that same poll? I, for one, tire of people telling us how we don't care. By the way, we too were working on a house Saturday for an impoverished person. We also helped four people with electric bills, provided for an unemployed Dad, and led four people to Jesus last week. <BR/><BR/>What was most important?FBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16827391508042827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-57373884067598762712007-05-21T10:00:00.000-05:002007-05-21T10:00:00.000-05:00Bart,Great post! I too appreciate Ben's call for ...Bart,<BR/><BR/>Great post! I too appreciate Ben's call for us to care for the social needs of others. I think this is something that we as SBCers have missed sometimes on our evangelistic pushes. :)<BR/><BR/>DWMIIIdwm IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789864109455705598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-17512903906023349442007-05-21T09:19:00.000-05:002007-05-21T09:19:00.000-05:00Great post, Bart. The compassion of Southern Bapti...Great post, Bart. The compassion of Southern Baptists is one of the things that I praise God for. Although, I don't really care about us getting the credit that many want, I am glad that God is saying well done. You are right to remind us of these things and I pray that we put even more effort into this work in the future. Living down near the Gulf Coast, I can tell you that the response of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-34003511799510579592007-05-21T08:44:00.000-05:002007-05-21T08:44:00.000-05:00Bart, I tried to post the following yesterday afte...Bart, I tried to post the following yesterday afternoon, but blogger.com is giving me fits on my home computer. Seems the discussion has gone in a little different direction than what I thought of after reading your post. But I'll throw this in, anyway, cause I'm curious whether anyone else was/is thinking it.<BR/><BR/>Interesting information that I would not have known otherwise. Also R. L. Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992710377193518029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-31783190424417992912007-05-21T07:28:00.000-05:002007-05-21T07:28:00.000-05:00Bart,I am not sure that the "welfare state" is not...Bart,<BR/><BR/>I am not sure that the "welfare state" is not part of the reason that Christians in general are less enthusiastic about helping the needy on a local level. Why do it if the State has it covered? I have heard enough stories about the generosity of believer's to their neighbors in past generations to know that before the welfare state helping the poor and needy was a daily part of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-81618283391184389072007-05-21T06:46:00.000-05:002007-05-21T06:46:00.000-05:00Terrific Post Bart! Since I do disaster relief he...Terrific Post Bart! Since I do disaster relief here I am always excited to hear others affirm it. But two things I would like to point out. (ok, I made it three).<BR/>One- We are part of the reason that the disaster relief and humanitarian aid work is not part of our image. What you have written is true but the rest of the truth is many many SB's don't know that this is what we do! We pass Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07347436154893544535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-77336591345826265292007-05-21T06:18:00.000-05:002007-05-21T06:18:00.000-05:00Bart,A most excellent post. I, too, grow weary of...Bart,<BR/><BR/>A most excellent post. I, too, grow weary of all of the "talk" about issues of social justice and ministry. It goads me when people like Bono (and other celebrities, even religious ones) get all of the "press" for caring, simply because they talk about social ills.<BR/><BR/>Such is the scourge of lieralism ... the idea that talking about something is actually "doing" something. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-18269777544904738612007-05-20T15:35:00.000-05:002007-05-20T15:35:00.000-05:00bart,i too grow weary when people accuse conservat...bart,<BR/><BR/>i too grow weary when people accuse conservatives of not caring for the poor and needy...when we do so much. and then, i have a little smile come across my face, because i know that what you wrote here is true. and, obviously, from your post, we do more than a whole bunch of denominations who claim to be into the social gospel. <BR/><BR/>why should we join with others who arent Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-5586125886658424402007-05-20T15:27:00.000-05:002007-05-20T15:27:00.000-05:00Bart,Thanks for providing this information. This ...Bart,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for providing this information. This is exactly what I thought of when I saw many call for unity in order to accomplish more social action. It's not that we don't do the things that the liberals want us to do, they just want us to lay down our pro-life convictions and the our belief in the exclusivity of Christ. To say that Southern Baptists don't care for those in need Steve Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13884897417905023138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-81585619356782376232007-05-20T13:43:00.000-05:002007-05-20T13:43:00.000-05:00Brother Bart,Words that are needed to be heard by ...Brother Bart,<BR/><BR/>Words that are needed to be heard by everyone. Obviously those that make accusations of uniting resources instead of doubling efforts to do the same things, forget we have the thirds largest organization in the US. Through this organization many things get accomplished. I mean would it not seem inappropriate to form another world-wide organization like Samaritan Purse, Tim Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909751217844312917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-44958323664397963662007-05-20T12:43:00.000-05:002007-05-20T12:43:00.000-05:00Bart, Very well written. A timely post that is nee...Bart, <BR/><BR/>Very well written. A timely post that is needed to remind us all of the truth of that the SBC truly cares about people. <BR/><BR/>LesWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212653606124739664noreply@blogger.com