Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Jesus was no Southern Baptist

Al Mohler [president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary] says...

I can assure you of this: if you are associated with the use of beverage alcohol, I think I dare exaggerate not to say that 99% of all doors of ministry in the Southern Baptist Convention will be closed to you.


Dan Kimball says...
But what is intriguing me about this statement is that with this view, I am wondering - would Jesus then have 99% of the ministry doors shut on Him?

But I would be interested in how this statement would be played out in regards to Jesus, since He drank and even created wine (when there was also alcohol abuse happening in His time) - and even the sacrament of the Lord's Supper/Communion was originally with wine as well. I am wondering about this - especially if you are a Southern Baptist. If Jesus came to apply for a job as a Southern Baptist pastor, would He have 99% of the doors shut?


I've said it before, and I'll say it again...if Jesus showed up in Anytown, USA in year 2007, he would be labeled by the MAJORITY of Christians as a hippie with loose morals that hangs out with strippers and homeless people. So, Jesus surely couldn't be a Southern Baptist, and maybe not a Christian at all.

He'd just have to be himself.

1 comment:

Brandy said...

I couldn't have said it better myself!! It proves we are sinners/human and will continually fall short of the Glory of God with out Him. It also reminds me of His teaching: love others and don't judge!