Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Voice of a Southern Baptist Prophet

K. Owen White served as pastor of FBC Houston and was president of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1964.  Hear his voice:
"We who believe the Bible are under constant attack.  If we hold convictions, we are told that we are bigoted.  If we express them, we are narrow and belligerent.  If we call for uncompromising loyalty to the truth, we are provincial and unbrotherly.  If we believe the Bible, we are guilty of bibliolatry.  If we refuse to go along with the prevailing theological ideas, we are isolationists and reactionaries.  We are told that everything is relative, nothing is absolute, thus the authority of God's Word is not only challenged but abandoned.  How do we compromise with a belief and an attitude like this?  In the name of broadmindedness and unity the liberal seeks to silence our voice of testimony."

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