Brian Kaylor, communications specialist with the Baptist General Convention of Missouri, sets the record straight. In an essay entitled, "Richard Land Doesn't Get Baptist 'Covenant'", Kaylor examines the very intemperate tone of Richard Land's remarks. Here's his conclusion:
Richard Land seems quite upset and pessimistic about this new gathering of Baptists. Perhaps he is worried that the SBC's monopoly on the Baptist image will be threatened. Or perhaps he is worried that Baptists may start focusing more on working together for spiritual goals instead of merely supporting the Republican Party. Regardless of the reason, Land's recent statements prove that he just doesn't get it.
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I wouldn't expect Mr. Land to change his spots.
I was encouraged by the comments of some of the younger SBC pastors in response to the "new covenant."
My husband and I were talking after Church yesterday about how our pastor's tone has certainly changed in the last several months, since even before the mid-term elections. Much less judgemental, much more spiritual, much less political, much more loving. It reaffirms to me that God can shine through the political fog and speak to the hearts and minds of Christians.
Prescott:
Hope you will blog soon on Tom Edsall's analysis of Land in Building Red America.
Land on abortion and RAce leaves a lot in the shadows. Our friend Balmer has rightly named him a counterfeit.
Bring whatever you can to bear on an expose of Land's silence on the right to life movement roll in the character Assasinatiion of John McCain in SC 2000 Primary.
Land's relationship with Rove and the shadows in that muck ought to become as legendary and transparent for the legacy of Bush Dub 43, as ballot box 13 in Duval County, Texas was for LBJ.
Like Willie Stark said in All the King's Men, Chapter 7 on your DVD Version: Nail Em UP.
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