Southern Baptist Seminary President Speaks to Mormons about Joining Forces against Secularism11/4/2013
Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's flagship seminary, spoke to a Mormon audience at Brigham Young University on October 21. He stated that he does not accept Mormon doctrine and that he was there as one "committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to the ancient and eternal Trinitarian faith of the Christian church." But he also said that he believes that Mormons and Christians should stand together against the onslaught of secularism. His presence at a Mormon forum was exhibit A for this type of unity. He said many good things, such as, "The conflict of liberties we are now experiencing is unprecedented and ominous. Forced to choose between erotic liberty and religious liberty, many Americans would clearly sacrifice freedom of religion. How long will it be until many becomes most?" (Albert Mohler Speaks at Brigham Young University," Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Oct. 22, 2013). And, "Heterosexuals did a very good job of undermining marriage before same-sex couples arrived with their demands. The marriage crisis is a moral crisis and it did not start with same-sex marriage, nor will it end there. Once marriage can mean anything other than a heterosexual union, it can and must mean everything. It is just a matter of time" (Mohler at Brigham Young).Those are brilliant statements. He knows what is happening and sees what is coming, but he understands neither the root cause nor the solution. As for the root cause, it is the apostasy and compromise of the churches, and his own Southern Baptist Convention has as much guilt in this as any. He proposes a poisonous solution to heal the disease. It doesn't matter how reasonable it might seem for moralists of all stripes to join forces against secularism, God forbids His people to do that. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?" (2 Cor. 6:14-15). Where do we see the apostles joining forces with moralistic pagans against the ills of the Roman Empire? When did Paul try to form an alliance with morality-loving Jews and the Galatian heretics against Caesar worship and Diana orgies? Conservative evangelicals today are facing two ways, just like their hero Billy Graham. They say some good things; they speak some truth out of one side of the mouth, but they contradict it out of the other. They seemingly have a face toward truth, but they have another face toward error. It is light mixed with darkness. It is confusion, and this type of compromise results in vast spiritual blind spots. Modern evangelical waters, even the most "conservative," are dangerous waters. (Friday Church News Notes, November 1, 2013, www.wayoflife.org [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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