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Post was not sent - check your email addresses! He's way more qualified than everyone they kept, other than Gentry.This is absolutely a political move. Secrecy is unbecoming of God’s people and only breeds rumors and makes us look like a cult. Every girl either has a story or makes up one to fit in. Albrrt Mohler is now owned by Satan, and the SBC Is chained to hell. Dr. Williams answered the student’s question briefly, did not elaborate on the point, mentioned some of the issues that were being debated at the time (like Critical Race Theory) and then moved on to his usual and passionate exposition of the New Testament text we were translating. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. I cited the source of the report. Yesterday, in an unprecedented move, Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist’s flagship seminary in Louisville, KY, fired four of the remaining conservative professors at the institution. One, J. J. Owens, gained reinstatement. I did want to comment about the final quote which mentions Dr. Jarvis Williams. His passion is Hebrew! This is a pathetic excuse for anything resembling journalism and lacks basic credibility, primary interviews, citation, sourcing on and on. Mohler is purging conservatives. Archives A Firing at a Southern Baptist Seminary. If he were ridding the seminary of conservatives, why not choose Bruce Ware or Tom Schreiner or Shawn Wright or Andrew Walker or Jon Pennington? Considering how bad things are in the SBC, who else can we blame but the godfather of the SBC? Still, I have heard he is absolutely brilliant and I was hoping to take at least one class from him. May God guide us all in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Gagnon weighs in on the … The Mohler Baptist Convention—a convention of SBC entities with leaders who all are proteges of Al Mohler. April 24, 2020 April 23, 2020 Ray Fava. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) just fired four of its most senior faculty members, all full professors. That sends a very clear message. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary — the flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention — is neck-deep in Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality, and Cultural Marxism. All of these men are strong conservative voices who have publicly criticized identity politics and the social justice movements. They were given the NDA as is now standard in the SBC entities when severance packages are provided. And he didn’t stop there. David Fuller said, “And in a final twist of irony, he was fired by the man he opposed so forcefully from being promoted to provost for his radically liberal views, the self-avowed racist, Matt Hall.”, Hall is a self-avowed racist. Instead of firing someone promoting this evil philosophy, Mohler and his seminary fired a man who wrote the textbook for Biblical Hebrew. DELETED: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary recanting or hiding its Identity Politics? BOMBSHELL: Fired Professor’s Family Breaks Their Silence about Mohler and SBTS, One News Now declared Hall’s statement to be “Peak Wokeness.”. Shame on these gossip bots for not talking to Jarvis like men. Aren’t Christians called to abstain from even an appearance of evil? I agree with you , Dylan Sanders. In your school’s promotional video you proclaim, “If the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College mean anything, it must mean that we are here in the name of truth.” This quote is followed by a two-minute brag on how trustworthy your institution is. He named names of problems professors at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. NAMB chairman’s brother disputes key Ezell defense. DarkLinks 39: The Gospel Coalition is not on your side with corona virus. Mohler still employs people who actively promote CRT/I. May 26, 2020. I full well understand calling out heretics and helping people to not fall for false doctrine, but this is laughable. NAMB chairman’s brother disputes key Ezell defense. He is a Hebrew elite! But do they even know what that, Christian Nationalism is not heresy as some Southern Baptist and Evangelical Elites claim. According to a trustee on the finance committee, the situation at SBTS is dire and action needed to be taken. I think at the end of the day, your witty and shoddy attempt at an article is misleading. Help the Persecuted Church: Equipping and Training our persecuted Christian brothers and sisters to heal and rebuild. If you don’t then this is just gossip and the Bible warns against that. The Evangelical Elite wage war on Christian Nationalism. The Evangelical Elite wage war on Christian Nationalism. It isn’t gossip if it is true. Amen and me too Patsy.I tell everyone I talk to how the SBC is a Bolshevik,open borders den of evil.I think we are making a difference because people are finally getting the facts.Keep up the fantastic work CapstoneReport. Nice try shutting down discussion of a public matter–and the employment status of SBC entity employees is a matter of public interest for everyone in the SBC. When you fired Russell Fuller and other professors who dissented against the progressive trajectory of Southern Seminary, … From all accounts Jarvis in his courses doesn’t really teach New Testament, he just teaches Critical Race Theory. Because it is standard in secular employment doesn’t mean it is desirable in the church. They in no way form or fashion promote CRT. 2825 Lexington Road Louisville, KY 40280 (800) 626-5525. The Evangelical Elites vs. Eric Mextaxas, et al. David Fuller said of his father, “He (Dr. Russell Fuller) literally wrote the book on how to learn Biblical Hebrew. Journalism at it’s best…this is laughable. These articles are as helpful as girls in high school gossiping about who they saw kissing who. The SBC is preparing to merge with the new Bill Gates forced vaccination Mark of the Beast world government. It seems more like the wolves are not those within the articles and tweets being “exposed,” but those who write them with no regard to their basis in reality. Al Mohler isn’t what you think he is. Sorry J but finding out the facts that Satan wants hidden is NOT gossip.And don’t mention the Bible when you don’t believe in it.I spot very similar illogic in Josh,J and Branton which could mean it is the same troll or even three separate trolls but obviously people who come here not to gain truth but because you oppose traditional Christian beliefs.You are easily seen through as radicals who want to change and distort the Bible.I can spot your type every time and so can other Capstone readers.Nice try. Something you might not know because you didn't go to SBTS: Fuller WROTE the textbook that most of the Hebrew profs use. Hall, Al Mohler seethed. Malcolm Yarnell , research professor of systematic theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, said he had assumed “the type of destructive pedagogy” described at Southwest Baptist University was a “relic of the past in Southern Baptist education.” The Evangelical Elites vs. Eric Mextaxas, et al. Search for: Join the Evangelical Dark Web. Why was Hall firing anyone? A faction of 13 professors issued an ultimatum to trustees to fire McCall. I will donate my money to folks who need it. “There’s always been a certain freedom to interpret texts in a responsible way,” said W. David Kirkpatrick, a professor of theology at the seminary. What we do know is that there is a Christian obligation not to think the worst of our brothers and sisters. He’s way more qualified than everyone they kept, other than Gentry. It is a shame to me how someone who I can fully attest to being a great man of faith, someone who has walked through tremendous loss with sincerity and conviction in the hope of Christ, someone who is so meticulous about plunging into the original text with full commitment to learning what God intended for us to learn, someone who was so convinced of the Word’s power to radically change the lives of those who submitted to it that class often felt more like a sermon than a lecture, it is a shame that someone like that can have his name besmirched by those whose commitment to cheap polemics lead them to base their arguments on hearsay alone. We can have our concerns and I am in agreement about CRT being evil and that the SBC needs to be very careful, but many comments above are in danger of looking at a brother and calling him “fool.” (Matt 5:22). You have Kevin Jones,” he added. Candi Finch, an assistant professor of theology in women’s studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, reported on Twitter she has been fired by seminary trustees. Thayer’s Lexicon explains, “i.e., from every kind of evil or wrong, 1 Thessalonians 5:22.” Thus, Paul is saying “Avoid things that are intrinsically evil.” This is similar to legal categories of wrong–malum in se and malum prohibitum. I am truly sorry for those who read this and are swayed by your ignorance and apparent lack of knowledge…and wisdom. He called the firing unjust and detailed Dr. Fuller’s academic credentials. If SBC Elites have nothing to hide, then why require NDAs? He condemned publicly the wicked social justice movement that now rages among the faculty and leaders of Southern Seminary.”. Albert Mohler terminated four conservative Southern Baptist professors including the lone SBTS professor to sign the Dallas Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel. What had occurred to me is that there is another narrative that seems more likely to me. “Kevin is also at Southern.”. Mitchell said, “Walter Strickland teaches Critical Race Theory, and you look at black theology and some of the things he has said. Hall, a darling of progressive evangelicals, was an up-and-coming academic at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS). And he was extremely tough! “The main consequence of critical race theory and intersectionality is identity politics, and identity politics can only rightly be described, as antithetical to the gospel of Jesus Christ,” Mohler said. Lastly, Mohler terminated one specific conservative–someone who signed the Dallas Statement. Fuller wanted his students to be the best! Contact. -. This is absolutely a political move. The firing of Dr. Russell Fuller brought additional scrutiny to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary due to his field leading expertise in ancient Hebrew and stance against Social Justice. It’s sad that some of your readers will take you with higher authority than they do the Scriptures. ), you would know better (my own assumption) . They can and should continue to use Fuller’s book. Explore Southern Close. However, Dr. Russell Fuller was terminated by Albert Mohler’s Southern Seminary. Seth Dunn Al Mohler, critical race theory, Enemies Within the Church, matthew hall, SBTS. As someone who attends one of the SBC seminaries and who before coming to Christ was a flaming liberal, you really have no idea what you’re talking about. As for Wittmam, he only has one rating on the website since he is a new teacher and while it is a 5, I have heard some complaints around the school about him being kind of stern/harsh. Southern Seminary president R. Albert Mohler Jr. today announced “the most diverse group of faculty ever to come to Southern Seminary at one time.” He introduced the five new faculty members for the 2018-2019 academic year as part of the opening convocation service for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College. It is true that Fuller wrote the book that I and many other Hebrew students have used. Part of the faculty wanted the Department of Psychology of Religion to expand, while others resisted this trend, urging for the centrality of the classical theological track and pressing for more aggressive adoption of liberal scholarship. I wonder if you know how many students took Fuller’s classes. How appalled is Christ with his church when we seem to rejoice in and benefit financially (add revenue, subscriptions to our “news” site) from posting what we believe are the skeletons in other Christian’s closets without taking the time to go to them. Don’t forget, Mohler is not only responsible for platforming Hall, Williams and Woods, but also elevating progressive ERLC head Russell Moore and SEBTS president Daniel Akin. If you go to RateMyProfessor.com, you will see that the professors referenced in this article are among some of the lower rates professors. Fuller reported that eight professors opposed the teaching of Critical Theory at SBTS and, one by one, were fired if they did not relent. Have fun trying to defend the dumpster fire that is the SBC. A train wreck and dumpster fire…. Sure, there may have been wrongdoings between Dr. Hall and Dr. Fuller. The firings of Russell Fuller, Theodore Cabal, Ken Magnuson, and Jim Orrick were first reported by Enemies Within the Church. https://capstonereport.com/2020/03/13/former-erlc-scholar-says-neo-marxist-ideas-have-foothold-in-2-baptist-seminaries/34092/. Sure. Jarvis Williams is a New Testament professor. The Christian Coalition of America chapter in Trinity County, Texas, said Fuller was among “four of the remaining conservative professors” fired by the seminary. Mohler is purging conservatives.”. It is so common that a guy running for SBC President this year called for ending these secretive documents. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The letting go of professors is a matter of economics pure and simple. The administration required the dismissed professors to sign a “Separation Agreement and Release” in order to receive severance pay. This group of conservative professors stood against the leftward drift of the Southern Baptist Convention. SCANDAL: Al Mohler Just Fired SBC Professor Who Stood Against Marxism & CRT. I am just concerned for the unity of Christ’s bride. I’ve seen many of these articles that close the comments section. Posts navigation. Join 2,409 other followers Email Address: Follow . by Jon Harris; April 22, 2020 New faculty members include Curtis Woods, Lilly Park, … This release confirms a lot of suspicions conservatives had about what was happening at Southern Seminary. Faculty members were concerned, too. No doubt you are a fanboy of Mohler employing Matthew “I’ve got feelings of white supremacy” Hall. - sbts faculty layoffs 2020 - I hope it’s clear I’m not trolling, or liberal, or being defensive. SBTS dropped their budget from $53.2M to $37.2M. Yesterday, in an unprecedented move, Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist’s flagship seminary in Louisville, KY, fired four of the remaining conservative professors at the institution. I know that I may be construed as a brainwashed disciple of Southern, which I am not. But do they even know what that, Christian Nationalism is not heresy as some Southern Baptist and Evangelical Elites claim. Anyone not in middle school would know the difference between analysis and “reporting.” Citation to the original reporting included. Firing is the latest confrontation between administrators and conservative trustees After careful investigation, trustees voted to dismiss the thirteen in May 1958. I am a student at Southern and have another take on this situation. Now, highlighting Mohler’s Woke bona fides, SBTS fired the lone faculty member who signed the Dallas Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel. Online; Give; Search. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Thank you for keeping yours open. Virtually all subsequent translations more accurately render εἶδος as “form” or “kind” (e.g., NASB, NIV). Since Mohler admitted ordering the deletion of Hall’s article, then we know Mohler was aware of Hall’s dangerous and even radical views on race. Writing sensationalist alarmist articles such as this is not the way, Brothers. He’s a brilliant professor…he wrote the darn book! Mohler terminated four solid conservatives while other faculty promoting Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality remain. However, I can say that every article I have read after the firings is a rewording of what has already been posted and none of them have added more to the conversation. This is a big deal. I hope it’s clear I’m not trolling, or liberal, or being defensive. The son of fired conservative professor Dr. Russell Fuller confirmed his father was fired for standing against the leftward drift of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). In April the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary dismissed dozens of faculty and staff members due to budget cutbacks stemming from the crisis created by the Covid19 pandemic. I have taken three classes with Dr. Williams over the past two years and the only time Critical Race Theory was mentioned was when someone brought up the Dallas statement in class. He incredibly claimed on video, “I’m a racist… I’ll struggle with racism and white supremacy till the day I die.”, American Family Radio’s One News Now declared Hall’s statement to be “Peak Wokeness.”, According to Apologist Dr. Alex McFarland, “Hall was engaged in self-flagellation that plays into the hands of the far-left social justice movement. Russell Fuller, Theodore Cabal, Ken Magnuson, and Jim Orrick (who taught at Boice College) were all terminated by provost Matthew Hall. Mohler fired the guy who literally wrote the textbook everyone else uses. The other Hebrew professors have higher ratings because of the quality of their instruction in the classroom. Quick Links. However, that resistance comes to an end today as the board of trustees almost unanimously voted for their termination in support of Albert Mohler’s plan to cut cost during the Covid-19 quarantine.”. As for the motive in letting go of certain professors, I must admit, I hadn’t considered that anyone (Mohler) could be using this as an opportunity to dismiss those who have politically differing views. Fuller is a signer of the Dallas Statement, and according to one SBTS graduate, the guy who wrote the book everyone uses when teaching Hebrew. I, too, took and taught a class for the Dr. Williams, I have talked with him extensively, read his works, and listened to his sermons. “From Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, you have Curtis Woods [chairman of the 2019 SBC Resolutions Committee] and you have Jarvis Williams. Rather, Christian, The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention promises an appeal to the, Will McRaney blasts Jonathan Howe for publishing falsehoods about him Will McRaney blasted Jonathan Howe. Regardless of all other claims in this article, the claim that Dr. Williams doesn’t teach New Testament but only Critical Race Theory is very false. This is analysis. Mitchell is a former ERLC Scholar and ethicist. Jon takes a few moments to talk about Al Mohler's firing of four conservative professors at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. These men who write these articles are brave enough to repeat gossip, but cowards when it comes to analyzing the words and work of Dr. Williams. Also, David Fuller pointed out Dr. Fuller signed the Dallas Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel. He also highlighted who fired his father. Several of them ended up at the newly established Midwestern Baptist … However, point 2 is easily disputed when you read their actual writings and hear them speak. He wrote of his father, “He (Dr. Fuller) is unafraid to take a stand for orthodoxy even if it means losing his job. Robert Gagnon, professor of New Testament Theology at Houston Baptist University, and former associate professor of the New Testament at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a long time critic of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and has expressed concern over politically-motivated firings within the denomination in the past. The son of fired conservative professor Dr. Russell Fuller confirmed his father was fired for standing against the leftward drift of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It speaks volumes about the priorities and leadership of the SBTS. Hall’s dangerous thinking on matters of race prompted Al Mohler to scrub an article by Hall from the Southern website. Malum prohibitum means “a wrong prohibited by law,” such as driving 26 miles per hour where the speed limit is 25. Frankly, I am surprised he is still on the [Southeastern] faculty,” Mitchell remarked. LOUISVILLE (BP) — Meeting virtually and in executive session Monday (April 20), the Board of Trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary approved a revised business model and a budget reduction of 30 percent, which includes a 15 percent tuition decrease — but also cuts in staff and other unspecified structural changes. The quality of writing here is middle school. Is Mohler "Purging the Conservatives" from SBTS? BREAKING: Al Mohler Fires Conservative Wing at Southern Seminary. From good exegesis comes theology, and from theology comes life.” Thomas R. Schreiner James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Professor of Biblical Theology (1997); Associate Dean of the School of Theology. But then again, to write something as sensational as this, requires all credible, or half-credible sources to be left out and for overt conspiracy theories or what have you to be inserted with the use of colorful language. Woods left the seminary to take a job with the Kentucky Baptist Convention. In October 1962, Elliott was fired and he spent the rest of his career as part of the mainline American Baptist Churches USA. May 13, 2020 May 13, 2020 Ray Fava. It’s sad that you are promoting something for the fame of your own name rather than for the truth- at least that’s all I can infer from reading some of your articles. Because getting rid of the guy who wrote the textbook speaks volumes about what Mohler and Hall are doing. It is such a fantastic work that he got an award from Hebrew Union College and they now use his book to teach their students Biblical Hebrew.”, Lest you think this is only the opinion of a son, Tim Dukeman who attended seminary at Southern tweeted, “Something you might not know because you didn’t go to SBTS: Fuller WROTE the textbook that most of the Hebrew profs use. This group of conservative professors stood against the leftward drift of the Southern Baptist Convention. While other professors are more loving and pastoral toward their students, he is less so. Confirming the view that there are systemic problems at SBTS is Dr. Craig Mitchell. Had your article included any references to anything that made you look credible, you might have reached a bigger crowd. The other professors were described as bulwarks of conservativism. Admissions; Academics; Students; M.Div. As for Cabal, I can’t say much, I haven’t met him and don’t know much more than RateMyProfessor says. If you spent any time listening to these people or reading their works (and in context), which I’m sure you haven’t (laziness or maybe you couldn’t find the time from all of the articles you write here…? Nothing I’m saying is proof of anything, nor are the theories presented in this article. All those others you mentioned weren’t willing to do that and yet still keeps paying Matthew “I have feelings of White Supremacy” Hall and Jarvis Williams. Albert Mohler terminated four conservative Southern Baptist professors including the lone SBTS professor to sign the Dallas Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel. More. It sounds like your only connection to this knowledge is flavored with a bitter hatred and possible unresolved conflicts that were not fully dealt with. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Nine months after The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) professor David Sills resigned for undisclosed reasons, a woman has released a statement of allegations including details of what she describes as sexual abuse by Sills, beginning while she was a Southern Seminary student. It isn’t very Christian to hide in the dark. BOMBSHELL: Fired Professor’s Family Breaks Their Silence about Mohler and SBTS. 2. “We have to see identity politics as disastrous for the culture and nothing less than devastating for the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.”. So do they not teach Hebrew any more? By Jeff Maples. Malum in se means “evil in and of itself, i.e., intrinsically evil,” similar to εἶδος in I Thessalonians 5:22. Also, NDAs are standard anytime you give severance pay and are actually required by law in some states. ... which cited a statement from the seminary affirming that Mohler “received the resignation of Dr. David Sills from … Therefore it might be helpful to understand Paul as saying, “Avoid malum in se.” If Christians were actually supposed to avoid all “appearances” of evil, we have to ask, “appearances in who’s mind?” “Appearances” expands the concept of evil far beyond the objective examples in Scripture to anyone’s ideal of what, subjectively, “looks evil.” It is time to put an end to a common but inaccurate understanding of εἶδος lest we find ourselves straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel. McFarland ties Hall’s bizarre confession to the controversial Critical Race Theory (CRT), which suggests that racism is imbedded in every facet of society and must be recognized by — and admitted to — by white people.”. Without choosing sides on the major point of the article, a question is asked that deserves and answer: “Aren’t Christians called to abstain from even an appearance of evil?” The answer is, “No.” “Appearance” derives from the KJV translation of the Greek word εἶδος Paul uses in I Thessalonians 5:22. Mohler is purging conservatives.”. Some Christian marketed tabloids are claiming that Albert Mohler personally fired "the only remaining" conservative professors. I wholeheartedly agree that NDAs should not be used except where legally required and I don’t know enough about the legalities to comment on that. Your beliefs, attitudes, and values have been formed in ways deeply informed by whiteness,” Hall wrote when dean of Boyce College of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. This article is sensational at best and shows a remarkable amount of ignorance. Fuller along with other terminated professors would be required to sign non-disclosure agreements in order to receive severance. A fourth may be laid off soon, but his employment status is not yet definite. This is a sure-fired way to take the SBC straight to hell’s corridors where the devil can walk into the teachings of God’s once beloved Baptist believers … anytime he wants. In the scrubbed article Hall said, “Perhaps the best thing you can do to start is to take a humble posture, recognizing that you have a racialized worldview of which you are likely unaware. Professors at two SBC seminaries voiced their doubts about whether Bass should have been fired. Can you share definitive proof that this is the reason they were fired? SCANDAL: Al Mohler Just Fired SBC Professor Who Stood Against Marxism & CRT, who claimed he suffers from feelings of white supremacy, Strange Defeat: China is beating America and our dysfunction is helping, BOMBSHELL: Fired Professor’s Family Breaks Their Silence about Mohler and SBTS, https://capstonereport.com/2020/03/13/former-erlc-scholar-says-neo-marxist-ideas-have-foothold-in-2-baptist-seminaries/34092/, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler Just FIRED Four Conservative Profs, https://www.thedailybeast.com/conde-nast-agrees-to-end-the-use-of-ndas-across-the-entire-company.

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