Reformed Theologian dubs Steve Lemke's critics 'sad and irresponsible' by Peter Lumpkins

Adjunct Wheaton professor and Reformed author, John Armstrong, is no stranger to Southern Baptists; he used to be one. Though presently he is comfortably at home in the Reformed community of faith, he still holds dear what he learned in his spiritual pilgrimage among Southern Baptists.  But Dr. Armstrong's got a contentious bone to pick with unfair critics of Dr. Steve Lemke, Provost and Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary >>>

Steve Lemke, provost at New Orleans Baptist Seminary, recently examined various points of divergence among Southern Baptists in a four-part series for the blog SBC Today (April 5, 7, 8 and 9 posts). Lemke offered two possible solutions. I am more than intrigued by what he wrote and find the attacks on Lemke on the Internet to be both sad and irresponsible

Armstrong goes on to offer a helpful analysis and irenic critique of Dr. Lemke's series. His take on Southern Baptists now as an outsider is intriguing and definitely worth your time.

Read Dr. Armstrong's entire piece entitled, "The Faultlines in the Southern Baptist Convention"

With that, I am...

Peter

Comments

[Ron Hale]

Peter,
Thanks for sharing Dr. Armstrong's article. I think he was very fair and affirming of Dr. Lemke, his writings, and his proposals. Maybe sometimes the "outsider" can be more objective that we "insiders". I'm glad that he still cares about his former convention.