Of note today…
Jim Smith at the Florida Baptist Witness writes of new SBC President Frank Page, “All I Am Saying Is, Give Page a Chance.” Now that Jim Smith is familiar with 1960s peace protest songs, what’s next? Can a “Make Love, Not Warren” editorial against the Purpose Driven Pastor’s support for the Evangelical Climate Change Initiative be far behind?
Speaking of climate change, the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance released its statement disputing claims that human activity is the cause of global warming.
Gary Ledbetter at the Southern Baptist Texan says the Battle for the Bible isn’t anywhere near over. The reason many Southern Baptists seem dazed and confused over basic issues such as the necessity of baptism for church membership is clear, he says. Most of us haven’t heard a sermon on such issues in over thirty years.
The Weekly Standard profiles U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.), a likely GOP presidential candidate, as “Mister Compassionate Conservative.” Brownback is a pro-life candidate, the Standard notes, but he is also concerned about moral issues ranging from prison reform to Sudanese refugees. Last week, I interviewed Sen. Brownback on “The Albert Mohler Program.” You can listen to it here.
Speaking of presidential candidates, the group “Evangelicals for Mitt,” which supports GOP presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, point to a recent Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger interview in which Jerry Falwell says religion shouldn’t disqualify a presidential candidate, including a Mormon such as Romney. Falwell also says he could vote for a Muslim for president, provided the Muslim was pro-life, pro-family, anti-terrorism, and pro-Israel. And the Liberty University chancellor is also against groups burning the Koran as a political protest.
The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) publishes a mostly positive review of Rod Dreher’s Crunchy Cons. This seems a bit strange to me coming from the pro-business, corporatist wing of the Democratic Party, the group Jesse Jackson once called “Democrats for the Leisure Class.” As one who fits most of Dreher’s ideological definition of a “Crunchy Con,” I greatly prefer the DLC’s nomenclature of “communitarian conservatism.” But that may be just because I don’t like granola. Rod was also a guest of mine during my time at the mic on “The Albert Mohler Program.” You can listen to it here.
That’s all for now. I’ll be back when the day is new. And you’ll have things you’ll want to talk about. I. will. too.
