One Salient Oversight pointed me to this post, which I find deeply troubling.

Baptist Blogger: Greensboro Wrap-Up: “The Southern Baptist Convention has relegated Christian liberty in Christ to confessional oblivion and those who are willing to engage seriously in a discussion of its meaning and limit are characterized as an ungodly, immoral, unholy, and impure bunch of bootleggers peddling liquid licentiousness. Yet when the stars and stripes are waved, or ‘God Bless America’ is sung, tears roll down cheeks and hands are lifted high.

We are, it seems, no different that the German Church at the close of the Weimar Republic. Nationalism is our religion. The Gospel is now emptied of its power to set the captives free. This disturbs me more than the resolution itself. In fact, I could have stomached two years of the runner-up much easier than to stand in the convention hall and watch my fellow messengers rise to their feet when the death of Al-Zarquawi is announced. A soul is sent to hell, and we do not grieve. We cheer.”

This ties in with a great deal that I have been reflecting on recently, and on which a largish post is brewing – might be a while before I get a chance to publish it though (life is hectic – the last two long posts were Blue Peters)