tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post4451339023595106019..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Southern Baptist Transitions: Richard Land Doubles Down on Culture War, Bill Leonard Reflects on Southern Baptist PastPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-82120683946785787692012-08-10T21:46:24.119-06:002012-08-10T21:46:24.119-06:00Alan, true that re: Foy Valentine and others from ...Alan, true that re: Foy Valentine and others from the 60s. And the regime since the early 1980s doesn't resemble what I grew up with -- evangelical, moderately conservative, but hardly ever strident or contentious. Maybe the Luter election represents a Southern Baptist Spring.<br /><br />Tom: fair points, and Land has an honorable record in certain areas and can come across well in group discussions where he makes his points and respectfully listens to others (that's partly why he became such a go-to person for Talk of the Nation type shows). Irony is that he's stepping down (going by his own description here) so he can be more, rather than less, hyperbolic and culture warrior-y. If that means a steady diet of these more recent pronouncements, can't see that as being a good idea.Paul Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-49630826939161430202012-08-10T20:34:26.713-06:002012-08-10T20:34:26.713-06:00Perhaps 6 months ago, this non-Protestant put the ...Perhaps 6 months ago, this non-Protestant put the Richard Land Live [Sunday mornings] show on auto-record at this site.<br /><br />[Very cool site. Free. www.dar.fm/player.php Keep track of the talkradioists.<br /><br />Ran across Richard Land's show by accident in the first place. Listened to it. Seemed like a good amn, no turnip truck stuff.<br /><br />All I can say here is that if one judges a man by his hyperbole, by what his critics pick out as least defensible---usually uncharitably paraphrased if not out of context---not a one of us stands a chance.<br /><br />Mebbe I'm wrong but based on what I've heard of Richard Land's thinking, I think he'd do just fine on any level playing field.<br /><br />[Yes, I'm aware Richard Land was bagged for plagiarism. So was the current elected VP of the USA, Joe Biden. It doesn't make him a bad person, eh?] <br /><br />[If we have higher standards for talk radio than elective office, surely all is lost.]Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-72672168133057293342012-08-10T09:16:05.124-06:002012-08-10T09:16:05.124-06:00Bill Leonard is certainly correct that the act of ...Bill Leonard is certainly correct that the act of walking out on a sermon took courage. Yet there were many voices in the SBC of 1968--particularly in the mission organizations and the denominational commissions--which would have encouraged such a stand. It is difficult to see where Southern Baptists might find encouragement (within the Convention) to take a stand on culture war issues at odds with the more conservative elements. It is also a disconcerting to the more inflammatory tone that the leadership has taken, as opposed to the much more measured and reasoned leadership of the 1960s (at least in the major Convention Commissions)<br />--Alan Scot WillisU. P. Image, LLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997650594612364538noreply@blogger.com