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The segment has been announced for All Things Considered. Certain to cause national alarm as young girls set aside for wedlock and occasion for boy's sin; a Baptist version of Mormon serial marriage except this time early and one on one.

Everything is doctrine. And Mohler is quite possibly the smartest man in the SBC.

What sort of meaning is one to make of the assertion that love is doctrine?

I would disagree with Mohler on this. The church is not the primary institution to teach and raise children in the things of the Lord. It is the home and from my perch in the nose bleed section,the Christian home is failing at raising God fearing children. I also think the reason for this is because the parent themselves have no clue how to live for Jesus and walk in the fear of the Lord. To many people in the pews seem to have the mindset (IMPO) that they are going to heaven, nothing else matters. I fear they may be wrong.

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All of this emerged because Mohler saw from the church's website that FBC Elkin affiliated with CBF. He had to go in attack mode because it was no longer an SBC church, so he created a new doctrine--the church is responsible for keeping all her children Baptist (or at least evangelical).

Ed, I'm sure that as I'm out of the ABC for years to come I'll lose touch with things. But it has only been five years and I still have connections in the denomination. If the ABC has changed drastically since 2010 I'd be surprised.

As to baptism, I wasn't making a personal judgement about Baptist orthodoxy. I was pointing out the doctrinal viewpoint of all the denominations who didn't adopt what they would seen as the new fangled idea in the 17th century that you have to be dunked and already a believer to be baptized.

Orthodoxy is really a slippery word which I'm surprised Baptists like Al Mohler use. By definition orthodoxy is right belief. If you are in the minority you aren't orthodox (which is what is wrong with the terminology). And while Southern Baptists like to pretend they are in the majority as the largest non-Catholic denomination in the US they are far outnumbered by Roman Catholics and the Orthodox Churches world wide.

Mohler trumpets about orthodoxy while he is in a denomination the the majority of Christiandom considers to be outside of orthodoxy. To anyone but a Southern Baptist it is amusing or at least confusing.

The best I get from Mohler is that orthodoxy="what I believe" or "what the SBC takeover crowd believes" and heresy="whatever anyone else believes who disagree with me."

My orthodoxy is your heresy.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, Mohler doesn't think Anglicans and Catholics can be fully grounded in the Christian faith. Small step for a self proclaimed gatekeeper of "correct doctrine".

Intreetingly enough, had all those kiddos stuck around, Mohler would have never been appointed president of Southern. Now that's a real missed opportunity!