Seven motions presented at the second opportunity:
- A motion to ask the Executive Committee to design and implement a standardized form of reporting for all six SBC seminaries.
- A motion to forbid the use of the Holman Christian Standard Bible on the platform of the convention, as it asserts that the Bible contains verses that should not be there.
- A motion previously submitted in 2006 that would change the term lengths and limits for trustees.
- A motion to allow enrichment conferences to be held in conjunction with the annual meeting.
- A motion requiring the seminaries to charge the same tuition to online students as to resident students.
- A motion to declare that the Broadway Baptist Church of Fort Worth, Texas is not in friendly cooperation with the convention.
- A motion to translate the Baptist Faith & Message into the top five language groups in the convention.
Forgive me for my ignorance but what is the problem with the HCSB?
Humm….
I did a good deal of research on the HCSB before I purchased myself and my wife a copy. The only people who I can find who object to the HCSB are the ones who object to every translation except the translation that was “inspired”, this being the AV1611.
Are these guys still around in the SBC? They are a great deal more dangerous than those pesky Calvinists are IMHO.
ABClay,
The simple answer is nothing (though i don’t find it to be the best translation). The guy was bent out of shape because the HCSB, as well as most every other modern translation, makes public knowledge of the fact that textual critics find absolutely no reason whatsoever to keep certain verses/passages in the Bible (except that tradition demands that they stay in because ‘they’ve always been there’). The problem is, according to text critics, these passages haven’t always been there. Issues such as the ending of Mark’s gospel, the story of the woman caught in adultery in John 7-8, and the notorious “Trinity” verse in 1 John 5 are not found in the earliest and best manuscripts.
They were additions that made their way into later texts and continued to stay there. Modern translations will often put something like the following in the margin “this verse/these verses are not found in the most reliable manuscripts”.
it seems this guy was upset that the HCSB would claim that some Bible verses don’t belong in the Bible. The problem is, only he and the KJV only crowd are about the only people who still hold this position. Even the famed and venerated W. A. Criswell once stood before his congregation as he began to finish up his verse-by-verse series through Mark. When he got to 16.9, he stopped and ripped out that page of the Bible, saying verses 9-16 were not inerrant, they didn’t belong in the Blble, and he wasn’t going to preach from them.
Hope that helps.
Thank you very much for your answer.
The Holman puts these verses in brackets (and the footnote is added as well).
It’s interesting about Criswell….That takes a lot of guts…a whole lot of guts. I can just imagine the silence that fell over the congregation (well maybe not his congregation).
Thanks again, be safe brother.
ABClay
perhaps “conviction” would be a better choice than “guts”.
well, it took some of both. but, he had been there, faithfully preaching verse by verse, for about 20 years when he did it. i wouldn’t recommend a second year pastor pulling that kind of thing :)
James,
Are you a pastor? If so, for how long?
Nope.