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I can hardly think of a better man for the job! This should make for an interesting election.
Get ready for some serious Anti-Calvinism propaganda coming from those within the SBC who oppose.
May the Lord of Glory be Exalted in the future events of the SBC. 
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| | | I have been praying for this for several years. I hope he is elected. |
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| | | Great news. Any SBC folk that know whether or not he has a good chance of being elected? |
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Originally Posted by SemperFideles Great news. Any SBC folk that know whether or not he has a good chance of being elected? | Yes, he has a good chance. A lot depends on who else is nominated. Of course there will be a lot of mud-slinging. Those Hyper Anti-Calvinists are going to have their say.
It's interesting to me that Dr. Jeffress is going to nominate him. I think that will actually help. Jeffress is the pastor of FBC, Dallas, which I'm sure that article above noted. He is not reformed or even Founder friendlyas far as I know. His nomination tells me that there may be a very broad base of support for Dr. Mohler.
Of course, this gives me the incentive to attend the SBC in June. The convention will be held in Indianapolis, which is close to Louisville, the home of The Southern Baptist Theologically Seminary. That's got to help too.
All in all, it is either the will of God he is elected or not. This does have the potential of splitting the Convention wide open, which may indeed be a good thing. However, I don't think Mohler's emphasis will be on Calvinism. I believe it will be on evangelism, mission work and strengthing the local church, but with a different slant.
But, oh, it will be so interesting. Probably the most interesting in over 20 years.
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Originally Posted by SemperFideles Great news. Any SBC folk that know whether or not he has a good chance of being elected? | Yes, he has a good chance. A lot depends on who else is nominated. Of course there will be a lot of mud-slinging. Those Hyper Anti-Calvinists are going to have their say. | otherwise known as the Hypo-Calvinists, eh?
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Originally Posted by Ivan Quote:
Originally Posted by SemperFideles Great news. Any SBC folk that know whether or not he has a good chance of being elected? | Yes, he has a good chance. A lot depends on who else is nominated. Of course there will be a lot of mud-slinging. Those Hyper Anti-Calvinists are going to have their say. | otherwise known as the Hypo-Calvinists, eh? | Toddy,
You're a physicist, right?
I would think it would be exoCalvinists. |
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Yes, he has a good chance. A lot depends on who else is nominated. Of course there will be a lot of mud-slinging. Those Hyper Anti-Calvinists are going to have their say.
| otherwise known as the Hypo-Calvinists, eh? | Toddy,
You're a physicist, right?
I would think it would be exoCalvinists. | Well, let's see - an exoCalvinist would produce more writing than he reads, while an endoCalvinist would read more than he puts out... that would make most of us here on the PB endoCalvinists - though some of y'all with 10,000+ posts might be crossing the exo border  |
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| | Well, so much for that analogy. 
I thought exothermic reactions lost energy. |
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I hope he is elected, he is a good man.
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| | | Mohler as president would be awesome. I can't stand the wait though, if anybody has a line to Pat Robertson, could you contact Pat and ask him who is going to win that election. Thanks. | | The Following User Says Thank You to BobVigneault For This Useful Post: | |
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Originally Posted by BobVigneault Mohler as president would be awesome. I can't stand the wait though, if anybody has a line to Pat Robertson, could you contact Pat and ask him who is going to win that election. Thanks. | If he said Al Mohler was going to win, I would assume that he was going to lose.  |
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| | Oh dear, I read this quote by Dennis AFTER I posted my previous message in this thread. Now I feel so unsophisticated and as an ogre for having tortured Dennis one more time. Sorry Dennis, I'll try to avoid the "A" word in the future.  Quote: |
Absolutely! "Awesome" must be the most overused word by a certain generation. With a house full of 14 people last week, all but two 31 years old or younger, I heard "awesome" enough times to last a lifetime. It felt like a waterboarding!
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| | | I have a feeling that he'll likely lose to some megachurch pastor whose church gives lots of $$$$ to the Cooperative Program, but . . . I hope and pray that I'm wrong.
(Now... to get someone to nominate Dever for 1st VP...) |
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Originally Posted by BobVigneault Oh dear, I read this quote by Dennis AFTER I posted my previous message in this thread. Now I feel so unsophisticated and as an ogre for having tortured Dennis one more time. Sorry Dennis, I'll try to avoid the "A" word in the future. Quote: |
Absolutely! "Awesome" must be the most overused word by a certain generation. With a house full of 14 people last week, all but two 31 years old or younger, I heard "awesome" enough times to last a lifetime. It felt like a waterboarding!
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Originally Posted by BobVigneault Mohler as president would be awesome. I can't stand the wait though, if anybody has a line to Pat Robertson, could you contact Pat and ask him who is going to win that election. Thanks. | I called him. He predicts Mike Huckabee. |
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| | | I cannot think of anyone better suited to be the SBC president than Al. | |
