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Editorial: BGCT must seize singular moment for significant change_30804
Posted: 3/05/04
EDITORIAL:
BGCT must seize singular moment for significant changeIf the coming months live up to their potential, our children and grandchildren will look back on 2004 as a “kairos” time. A holy and sacred season. A divine moment. A blessed occasion when Texas Baptists stepped forward with unusual faith, vision and spiritual creativity.
Their verdict will hinge upon the work of four revisioning teams that have been asked to take a thoughtful, intense look at the Baptist General Convention of Texas. BGCT Executive Director Charles Wade named and President Ken Hall affirmed the committees–one comprised of laypeople skilled in corporate leadership, two made up of church ministers and another formed from Baptist Building staff–to analyze the structure, mission, vision and ministry of the convention. (An article about their work can be found here.)
The BGCT's revisioning challenge has been discussed among concerned Texas Baptists for several months now. Strategically, this is the most important task our convention will undertake this year. It's not merely speculative or theoretical. The results will chart our course far into this century.
03/05/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum_30804
Posted: 3/05/04
TEXAS BAPTIST FORUM:
Gratitude to JewsI'm neither anti-Semitic, nor do I have animosity toward the Jewish people regarding Christ's death.
To lay blame on anyone is to say that his death was a mistake. Not only was it not a mistake, it was prophecy, and there was no way around it. Our sins, particularly those of Gentiles, could have never been pardoned in any other fashion. God allowed his chosen people to carry out a task for which they would forever be ostracized, persecuted and, in some cases, killed, for their role. That God trusted the Jews to carry out this task is a testament to his love for his original “chosen people.” Sometimes, you have to be the heavy to accomplish the tough tasks.
E-mail the editor at marvknox@baptiststandard.com Still, I don't get the anti-Semitism aspect (of the accounts of Christ's passion). Christians owe the Jews an enormous debt of gratitude for bringing on God's kingdom, through Jesus Christ, and for playing a part in building the bridge that allows redemption for the “un-chosen people.”
03/05/2004 - By John Rutledge
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