Third Generation Conservative SBC'ers

I found a great blog post on Baptist 21 by Steven McKinion, a prof at SEBTS. In it he describes the Theological, Cultural, Biblical & Intellectual distinctives of the under 40 crowd in the SBC. The oldest of us were 8 or 9 when the Conservative resurgance started in '79. Many feel disconnected from the players, politics and principles that started the resurggence. However, we've been rewarded with the fruits of the return of the convention to orthodoxy. The article, lengthy, but well worth the read , can be found HERE.

It's interesting to read that some of the problems I have with certain SBC teachers/Pastors, as well as evangelicism as a whole, are the same problems others have. McKinion writes, when speaking of the Theological differences:

"A limited view of the Gospel in which church people obtain a “get out of hell free” card by saying some prayer seems Gnostic, at best, to these young people. They have come to adopt a holistic perspective in which Jesus is Lord, not just of the believer’s eternal state, but of all His creation. For that reason, the younger conservative desires obedience to the only Law for the Christian: Love God and love neighbor. "

Sweet, there might be hope for us yet. We aren't in the SBC anymore (although, I'm sure we are still counted as members in over a dozon) mainly because the only SBC church in Temecula proudly states on it's website that it's KJV only. Nothing wrong with the KJV, but there is a conversation I don't want to have. Anyway, even though we aren't part of the SBC physically, it's my spirtual heritage. Our prayers are that the resurgance that started 30 years ago, yeilds fruit for generations to come. It'll look different, to be sure. But thats OK, I hated ties anyhow.