Comments on: A Brief Visit with Dr. Paige Patterson

By: Calvinistic Chaos: Predestined Conflict « Pickling In His Presence

Calvinistic Chaos: Predestined Conflict « Pickling In His Presence — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:34:39 +0000

[...] hopeful that we don’t have to cut any professors,” Patterson said in the taped interview, posted on Kenney’s sbc Today website. The president said he would not hide behind a screen [...]

By: On Southern Baptist Blog Wars, Liberals & Fundamentalists | the big daddy weave

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:15:30 +0000

[...] popular Independent Fundamental Southern Baptist blog SBC Today responded to all this drama with an interview from none other than Paige Patterson himself. One need only read through a dozen or so of the [...]

By: Wes Kenney

Wes Kenney — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:03:15 +0000

Granted.

By: John 3:16

John 3:16 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:52:24 +0000

I was so taken with the passionate interview with a man who was obviously tired when he gave this interview. That is, until I began to read the comment thread. Patterson is obviously committed to the gospel, to the churches, and to reaching the lost, as came out in the interview-we really heard from this man’s heart in a weak moment.

Unfortunately, these heartfelt thoughts are being shrouded over and lost because of the imposition of ideas that have come from another blog, a blog that has been making unsubstantiated claims. And now, the conversation has shifted to whether a Calvinist can say that Christ died for lost people. Even though some of the Calvinists themselves have objected to the idea that such passionate presentation of the gospel is perfectly compatible with Calvinism, the conversation continues and the unsubstantiated charges are subtly brought over from the other blog.

May I ask a favor from the editors of SBC Today? Would you please consider closing the comment stream in order to allow people to listen to Patterson directly without distracting (and what some might legitimately consider to be rumor-mongering) catcalls from the gallery? SBC Today is a reputable blog that does not need to become intertwined with less reputable blogs.

Thank you for considering my request.

By: volfan007

volfan007 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:05:30 +0000

Besides, FTME, I said what I did as a humorous response to Chadwick, and I like to make CB smile.

David

By: volfan007

volfan007 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:04:10 +0000

We’re talking about a murdering, radical maniac. I would like to see us stop him before he murders more innocent people.

David

By: Byroniac

Byroniac — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:02:31 +0000

From the Middle East,
it is because of that fact that man is made in the image of God that God ordained the death penalty in Genesis 9:5. Bin Laden deserves to die, though possibly without the treatment (humorous as it is) of Volfan’s.

By: Byroniac

Byroniac — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:52:33 +0000

I finally got the time to listen to the video. Sounds like one to four pointers will be OK, but anyone who bears the dreaded L of theology may not be, if Dr. Patterson proves consistent in his interpretation and stated belief in the video. What, pray tell, would he have told Spurgeon?

By: Will

Will — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:38:06 +0000

Calvinists cannot look at every person in the eye and say, “Christ died for your sins.” Doctrine of particular or limited atonement is clear that Christ died for the elect, not everyone. Dr. Patterson just confirmed the fate of Calvinist professors at SWBTS.

By: From the Middle East

From the Middle East — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:02:05 +0000

Brother David,

I think your intention was humor with this comment. I, for one, do not find it humorous in the least. We are speaking of a man created in the image of God.

Peace to you brother,
From the Middle East