Guess he has to blame the attendance loss in the SBC to something:
(I’ll fit in a plot anytime I find one!)
God certainly would not have pre-destined such losses (oh wait, He must have).
My son Todd left the SBC-fold because of his preference for Wesleyan theology and the Calvinistic trend in the SBC (Mohler being its chief advocate)
My daughter Brandy left the SBC-fold due to her marriage into a Catholic family (mother essentially runs that Catholic Church). But they plan to join Todd’s church after re-appointment in June, if he is somewhere close. Both families are cool with whatever their choices are. Interesting that my son-in-law does the lighting for Casting Crowns (popular Baptist rock group) and his dad runs the audio at Whitesburg BC (possibly the most conservative BC in HSV).
Now if Mohler were to know this and know about my church’s current story, he would certainly call the departures as strong evidence for coercive (or at least forceful) brainwashing efforts (God I guess not being powerful enough).
Informed by Data.
Driven by the SPIRIT and JESUS’s Example.
Promoting the Kingdom of GOD on Earth.