I am an Armenian, with an "e," evangelical but do agree with the Baptist
view of Scripture. "Wives, submit to your husbands" is an admonition to
young women to choose the man to whom they can marry and easily follow that
command. In fact, I told that to my two daughters before they got married,
"can you marry this guy and still follow Scripture?" The Bible is the only
way to understand God and Jesus. Our personal experience is important but
must be guided by Scripture otherwise anything goes. Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: Dawsonzhu@aol.com <Dawsonzhu@aol.com>
To: asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 04, 2001 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: Southern Baptist controversy
>Janet Rice wrote:
>
><< The "wives, submit to your husbands" gets a lot of press, but as
> far as I can tell the real issue for Baptists is the question of whether
the
>Bible is the only way to understand God or whether one's personal
experience
>with Jesus is also important in how one reads the Bible. >>
>
>Could this have something to do with an attempt to distance
>the Baptists from certain brands of televangelists? I think
>to many a John Q Public, "(corrupt) televangelist" = "southern
>baptist preacher" which would understandably motivate
>conservatives to try to decouple themselves from the cast.
>
>by Grace we do proceed,
>Wayne
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