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Wanted to share some thoughts on Saddleback's removal from the SBC.

Rick Warren made a really, really good argument for why Saddleback's stance on female pastors ought not be a disqualifier for membership in the SBC. It had nothing to do with females being pastors, but rather...
10:47 PM - Jun 20, 2023
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Joe Heckert
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... centered around the historical resistance among the SBC to become a creedal denomination (read: you have to accept all these beliefs in order to be in the club if you're a creedal denomination). In my time in the SBC, I remember the saying:

"In essential doctrines, unity. In non essential...
10:50 PM - Jun 20, 2023
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Joe Heckert
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... doctrines, liberty. In all things, charity."

This is good.
What I have observed is a trend where, not just Southern Baptists but conservative/fundamentalist Christians daisy-chain non-essential doctrines onto essential doctrines to make the non essentials, essentials. Here's what I mean:
10:53 PM - Jun 20, 2023
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Joe Heckert
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Sola Scriptura is an essential doctrine. It basically says the bible is God's word, it's authoritative, and nothing else has authority that matches the Bible's authority.

Females serving in pastoral roles is a non-essential doctrine. Aka you can affirm female pastors and still be a Christian...
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10:55 PM - Jun 20, 2023
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Joe Heckert
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... however, the daisy-chaining logic goes like this:

- You believe females can be pastors
- The Bible says females cannot be pastors
- That means you must not believe the Bible to be authorizations
- Therefore, you don't believe in the essential doctrine of Sola Scriptura.

Here's the problem:
10:58 PM - Jun 20, 2023
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Joe Heckert
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This line of thinking demonstrates the inherent idolatry of those who use this logic.

"The Bible says women can't be pastors" seems innocuous enough on its face. But what is really being said is "[my interpretation of] the Bible says women can't be pastors."

This puts the person as the...
11:02 PM - Jun 20, 2023
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