This was October, mid-month, about two weeks before the election.
http://news.sbts.edu/2016/10/12/evangel ... n-tonight/This was November 9, following the election.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/a ... 100217.htmNot exactly a "walk-back" but a piece with a stronger condemnation of Hillary Clinton. Well, he still works for the denomination, and his radio program heavily depends on Southern Baptists tuning in. This is more of an explanation of why Evangelicals did what he said they shouldn't do, and abandoned their values in order to vote for Trump. Except, of course, their opposition to abortion. Some of his "facts" are not quite straight. I think the actual figure cited for Evangelical support for Trump was somewhere around 75%, not 86%, and that was for "White Evangelicals" not including African Americans or HIspanics. And of course, on November 9, perhaps he didn't realize that Clinton would eventually wind up with three million more votes than Trump, and that the electoral loss came down to 50,000 voters in five counties in three states, not exactly a "repudiation." So if you asked whether my opinion is that he's trying to appease angry, intolerant Southern Baptists who demand lock-step agreement with everything they think from denominational employees, I'd say yes, that's exactly what he's trying to do.
Moore could become a genuinely prophetic voice by continuing to stand on principle and be the contrast to the inherent backwardness of Southern Baptists trying to turn their leaders into puppets that say what they want them to. He's sharp enough to figure out how to carve out a niche that comes with financial support from like-minded individuals who are long past wanting to see deeds matched with words. If he looks past the narrow bubble of "Southern Baptist life" into the broader Evangelical Christian community, he'll find plenty of allies, and plenty of support, especially if they are willing to embrace African American and Latino brethren, and allow them to lead and set the agenda.
Mohler could be a prophetic voice as well, but I think he's too entrenched in the SBC bureaucracy, and too dependent on the way it operates to speak freely, truthfully and prophetically.