tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post7352900896861654098..comments2023-10-19T10:34:33.030-05:00Comments on Praisegod Barebones: The Log in the Eye of the SBC Tabloid PressBart Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-50946344745832025512009-02-06T13:02:00.000-06:002009-02-06T13:02:00.000-06:00Bart, first of all I agree with you on everything ...Bart, first of all I agree with you on everything you write and enjoy your blog. Now, with the current debate...<BR/><BR/>1) Who cares? If Patterson wants to fire someone he can. Personally, I am a big fan of Dr. P and was glad to shake his hand as I walked across the stage a few years ago. If you don't like it, elect a president of the SBC, who will appt. members to the X-Com, who will appt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-55398491758340195182009-02-06T10:49:00.000-06:002009-02-06T10:49:00.000-06:00Bart:Are you a liberal person?Bart:<BR/>Are you a liberal person?Tom Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861689101266081092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-21753147053338585202009-02-06T09:53:00.000-06:002009-02-06T09:53:00.000-06:00Bart:Thank you for these reflections. Positive po...Bart:<BR/><BR/>Thank you for these reflections. <BR/><BR/>Positive postings that move us forward are most important.<BR/><BR/>I believe if I were a pastor and in the "religious business" so to speak (no slam intended) one thing that would haunt me is what I would have to show for my work and efforts over the years.<BR/><BR/>I believe that if one moves down a positive road, that years from now Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-26337086328310107392009-02-06T09:47:00.000-06:002009-02-06T09:47:00.000-06:00Bart:Still waiting for your definition of a libera...Bart:<BR/><BR/>Still waiting for your definition of a liberal?Tom Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861689101266081092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-16998316238063693172009-02-06T08:35:00.000-06:002009-02-06T08:35:00.000-06:00fisherformen,Excellent insight.Davidfisherformen,<BR/><BR/>Excellent insight.<BR/><BR/>Davidvolfan007https://www.blogger.com/profile/15635929001030697924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-76185994279660192212009-02-06T08:08:00.000-06:002009-02-06T08:08:00.000-06:00A definition of a practicing liberal otherwise ref...A definition of a practicing liberal otherwise referred to as "wild eyed":<BR/><BR/>1) One who purports to hold a particular theological position yet in practice denies the position. 2) One who is rhetorically crafty and says the right thing while in practice defends the opposite of what is claimed.<BR/><BR/>Example: 1) I'm complementarian- I advocate women pastors. - More could be mined. One Chris Gilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765218586483783054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-72595749376902585142009-02-06T02:49:00.000-06:002009-02-06T02:49:00.000-06:00Dwight,I would be tempted to submit to your cross-...Dwight,<BR/><BR/>I would be tempted to submit to your cross-examination, but for a couple of simple points:<BR/><BR/>1. The clearly discernible point of my post was not that I intend to call Burleson the liberal that he is with regularity, but the one-time highlighting of the fact that I and those I admire so much REFRAIN from doing so. I'm not inclined to allow a post about our not doing so to Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-17410098017948301692009-02-05T17:51:00.000-06:002009-02-05T17:51:00.000-06:00Bart,Please define a “liberal” and specifically re...Bart,<BR/>Please define a “liberal” and specifically relate your definition to Wade?Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295109219569637352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-39446455339163878962009-02-05T16:22:00.000-06:002009-02-05T16:22:00.000-06:00Thanks CB,I am greatly appreciative of your words ...Thanks CB,<BR/>I am greatly appreciative of your words and thoughts, and most others as well!<BR/>Come to US?<BR/>Well maybe .. but..<BR/><BR/>I love a sunburnt country,<BR/>A land of sweeping plains,<BR/>Of ragged mountain ranges,<BR/>Of droughts and flooding rains.<BR/>I love her far horizons,<BR/>I love her jewel-sea,<BR/>Her beauty and her terror -<BR/>The wide brown land for me!<BR/>An Groseys messageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09256060632754175527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-66556555194576953962009-02-05T13:22:00.000-06:002009-02-05T13:22:00.000-06:00Bart,It's because of close minded, narrow sighted ...Bart,<BR/>It's because of close minded, narrow sighted people like you that Dr. Patterson and his administration continue to get away with the things that they are doing at Southwestern. Apparently you and many others knew Patterson to be an upstanding individual at one time and believe that everything he does is absolutely wonderful. I assure you that a poll of students, faculty and staff here Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-16805687453289287632009-02-05T12:24:00.000-06:002009-02-05T12:24:00.000-06:00CB,:) about the Elvis hangings!DavidCB,<BR/><BR/><BR/>:) about the Elvis hangings!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Davidvolfan007https://www.blogger.com/profile/15635929001030697924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-45587385770741713962009-02-05T12:06:00.000-06:002009-02-05T12:06:00.000-06:00Tom Parker,I will take a shot at answering your qu...Tom Parker,<BR/><BR/>I will take a shot at answering your question:<BR/><BR/>"What in the world would the Blog host and most of the posters here do if there was not a Wade Burleson?"<BR/><BR/>We would just continue as we have living as Believers in this life.<BR/><BR/>Now, the real question is: What would you do?<BR/><BR/>Well, the way I see it is:<BR/><BR/>1. You will have to get another idol.<CB Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230652312241919771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-42492998853948727292009-02-05T09:46:00.000-06:002009-02-05T09:46:00.000-06:00JUST IN FROM THE TABLOID PRESS....."Landmark, inde...JUST IN FROM THE TABLOID PRESS.....<BR/><BR/>"Landmark, independent, closed-communion, separatist, fundamentalist Baptists "<BR/><BR/>That's, like, a hat-trick or something, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>:-)Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-16289110507629616382009-02-05T09:26:00.000-06:002009-02-05T09:26:00.000-06:00Debbie, "The agenda that was going to be used..."W...Debbie, <BR/><BR/>"The agenda that was going to be used..."<BR/><BR/>What agenda? The one that only Wade seems to know about? Do you have any proof of an agenda other than "Wade said so"? Wade has for three years maligned people for not going to the source. Did Wade go to the source? As far as I am aware, the only one who went to the source was SBC Today. Until Wade offers more than secret John Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738741477426281714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-7865418704750760642009-02-05T09:23:00.000-06:002009-02-05T09:23:00.000-06:00Wade,Surely it comes as no news flash to you that ...Wade,<BR/><BR/>Surely it comes as no news flash to you that I consider you a liberal Southern Baptist. As I pointed out in the post, I have not put it in print up to this point. Nevertheless, our theological differences, I would think, are obvious even to those who have only summarily perused our writings.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-4179484426263021792009-02-05T08:35:00.000-06:002009-02-05T08:35:00.000-06:00Tom, You ask "What do you want from Wade?"I don't ...Tom, <BR/><BR/>You ask "What do you want from Wade?"<BR/><BR/>I don't know Mr. Burleson personally and I've never been to his church. But I have been reading his blog since the time he was an IMB trustee. My view of him is certainly limited, but probably not any more limited than other readers who only know him through his blog. With that in mind, here's my answer to your question: <BR/><BR/>-to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-1209426709173545142009-02-05T08:05:00.000-06:002009-02-05T08:05:00.000-06:00What in the world would the Blog host and most of ...What in the world would the Blog host and most of the posters here do if there was not a Wade Burleson? I think at one time many of you were his "friends". With "friends" like you all, he certainly does not need any enemies.<BR/><BR/>What do you want from Wade?Tom Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861689101266081092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-2659639638556718632009-02-05T07:15:00.000-06:002009-02-05T07:15:00.000-06:00DebbisLollipop? Lavender? Largo? Left Leaning L...Debbis<BR/><BR/>Lollipop? Lavender? Largo? Left Leaning Lenny likes Lola Longfellow?Joe Blackmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609279285784683781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-76547421151540916832009-02-05T01:39:00.000-06:002009-02-05T01:39:00.000-06:00The agenda that was going to be used is limited at...The agenda that was going to be used is limited atonement. A quote from Paige Patterson from the interview.<BR/><BR/>"<B>Southwestern will not build a school in the future around anybody who could not look anybody in the world in the eyes and say, "Christ died for your sins." If there is a problem there, then I believe there's a problem that Southern Baptists would not want to fund."</B><BR/><BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-90318279903484072922009-02-05T00:38:00.000-06:002009-02-05T00:38:00.000-06:00All,SBC Today has an audio interview with Dr. Patt...All,<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://sbctoday.com/2009/02/05/a-brief-visit-with-dr-paige-patterson/" REL="nofollow">SBC Today</A> has an audio interview with Dr. Patterson from earlier today.<BR/><BR/>Ron P.Ron Phillips, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891614423106717280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-87106735195392604282009-02-04T23:56:00.000-06:002009-02-04T23:56:00.000-06:00that should be, it failed then, it will fail now.that should be, it failed then, it will fail now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-36622142907563503602009-02-04T23:55:00.000-06:002009-02-04T23:55:00.000-06:00If Wade stands by his post, you can believe it is ...If Wade stands by his post, you can believe it is true. Now a campaign to discredit is going to come. Just like it attempted to 3 years ago. It will fail then, it will fail now. It seems kindness and graciousness is now under the heading of "wild eyed" liberal. Dr. McKissic is a wise man. His advice is good. I would take it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-32190241871957176412009-02-04T23:33:00.000-06:002009-02-04T23:33:00.000-06:00Bart,Do you know this fellow, J. Randall Easter, p...Bart,<BR/><BR/>Do you know this fellow, J. Randall Easter, pastor of FBC Briar, Azle, TX.?<BR/><BR/>A link was given about something he wrote over at Wade's place.<BR/><BR/>The link seems to give credibility to Ron P and his summation of the situation.<BR/><BR/>cbCB Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230652312241919771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-80529025216167682902009-02-04T23:07:00.000-06:002009-02-04T23:07:00.000-06:00Jeremy Weaver, How about a "Hearty AMEN!"Bart,I ha...Jeremy Weaver, How about a "Hearty AMEN!"<BR/><BR/>Bart,<BR/><BR/>I have already posted my two cents worth at Tim's <A HREF="http://sbctoday.blogspot.com/index.html#5527538416857738769" REL="nofollow">blog</A>, so I will not repeat it all here, except to say that I believe that this is a calculated attempt to exploit SBC Calvinists. Wade wants to continue to wage a war against Paige Patterson. Ron Phillips, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891614423106717280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-83410533202936835892009-02-04T22:41:00.000-06:002009-02-04T22:41:00.000-06:00Wade,Are you sure Paige Patterson was even in Fort...Wade,<BR/><BR/>Are you sure Paige Patterson was even in Fort Worth this past Monday?<BR/><BR/>Is your primary source still anonymous?<BR/><BR/>cbCB Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230652312241919771noreply@blogger.com