Derick, I don't like the "moderate" term either... These items are listed as "moderate" views: * Affirm the authority of the Bible in matters of salvation. Find some errors in areas such as science and history. * The Bible contains/becomes the Word of God. * Emphasize the necessity of theological diversity. * Many are theistic evolutionists. These are not "moderate"... These are "liberal"! Was Christ "theologically diverse"? I don't think so.... If we don't believe that the Bible is the word of God then why preach it? (rhetorical) gregS On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:17 AM, Derick Dickens wrote: > Jerry, > > I mentioned the idea of "Liberal Baptist" and most know that I am > careful in my labels that I issue. I do not believe this is a > compliment whatsoever. Liberal is opposed to conservative and is > in opposed to what most would call orthodox. Carter, for instance, > believes that the conservative resrugence in the SBC is wrong. Dr. > Danny Akin has a good chart that does make the difference. He uses > "Moderate" instead of liberal, but for reasons I will not get into, > I don't like the use of the word "Moderate". Here is the link > > http://baptistbanner.org/Subarchive_3/200%20Cnsvs%20&%20Mods% > 20Compared.htm > > Derick >