Now that the Southern Baptist Convention and Lifeway have decided to censor the “Gospel Today” Christian magazine because it featured stories of women pastors, I guess that ends my purchases from Lifeway.
For some time now I have been disturbed about the “change in mission” of the Southern Baptist Convention. It has become too political, discriminatory, prejudicial and self-righteous and, furthermore, what gives them the power to censor a Christian magazine from a Christian bookstore? And why would Lifeway succumb to such pressure?
God has always used women, and if it weren't for the women missionaries, many souls would not have been saved. When a woman missionary obeys God's commands, is she only allowed to sit in a circle and teach the word of God but not stand in a pulpit? Talk about "straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel"!
In Matthew 28:19-20 and, again, in Mark 16:15, Christ commanded:
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 16:15:
15: And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
His commandment was for everyone--I don't think he called just the "good old boys." If that were the case, then the Bible would only be for the male species.
For some time now I have been disturbed about the “change in mission” of the Southern Baptist Convention. It has become too political, discriminatory, prejudicial and self-righteous and, furthermore, what gives them the power to censor a Christian magazine from a Christian bookstore? And why would Lifeway succumb to such pressure?
God has always used women, and if it weren't for the women missionaries, many souls would not have been saved. When a woman missionary obeys God's commands, is she only allowed to sit in a circle and teach the word of God but not stand in a pulpit? Talk about "straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel"!
In Matthew 28:19-20 and, again, in Mark 16:15, Christ commanded:
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 16:15:
15: And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
His commandment was for everyone--I don't think he called just the "good old boys." If that were the case, then the Bible would only be for the male species.
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