The Liberalism of Southern Seminary

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By the time you arrived 30 years ago, liberal influence that Southern had been entrenched for decades. What were the hallmarks of liberalism at a place like Southern Seminary? The denial of the virgin birth and sometimes it wasn't just an outright denial. It was really kind of a form of Baptist Gnosticism in which we can talk about Isaiah as if there's one Isaiah.

In the 1980s the Southern Baptist Convention found itself at a crossroads. While many of its churches were faithfully teaching biblical Christianity, the seminaries where its pastors were trained had been immersed in theological liberalism for decades.

In a lot of stories, this is where the split would occur. But this time something different happened. Instead of dividing, a group of courageous Christians decided to change the equation. They came up with an unprecedented plan to turn Southern Seminary from liberal theology, back to its confessional roots.

Politics. Technology. Identity. Power. Science. Everything seems to be changing. So why not faith?

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