Affirmed by one of the leading analysts of religion in America today, Paul Harvey, in the high eschelon with Randall Balmer, Steven Miller and Mark Noll.
Harvey is the author of one of the best books Ive read in the last seven years, Moses Jesus and the Trickster.
Related to this board I think it is fair to say he comes down on the side of Dave Roberts.
Their key insight is to explore in real politik how the SBC has found a way to lean toward Trump with Richard Land and Eric Metaxas at the same time recognizing that SBC takeover gave rise to this Trump moment.
Interesting piece Im sure Thornton and Sandy will find fault with, but I hope they are better than Jerry Vines in conceding it well worth their deliberation
http://religiondispatches.org/baptist-r ... lture-war/