“A lot of Baptists have not been confessional in nature,” says Dr. Peter Lillback, President of Westminster Theological Seminary—Philadelphia, “and a lot of the excitement we see going on at Southern [Seminary] is a rediscovery of confessional Baptist theology, and that theological underpinning brings a lot of unity.”
Dr. Lillback made these comments in the Christ the Center podcast at the ReformedForum website in the program entitled “The Role of the Seminary in Today’s World.” (beginning at about 11 min, 59 secs)
Even more insightful were the comments by Dr. Al Mohler. Responding to Dr. Lillback’s assertion of theological unity, Dr. Mohler said, “It really does, but it’s sort of like theological Darwinism—survival of the fittest. Confessional Protestantism is going to be all that remains because everything else is going to melt away with the disappearance of Cultural Christianity. The reality is that only those churches that hold themselves accountable to a confession of faith, and do so not out of obligation, but out of joy, are going to be left standing in terms of what we would recognize as the visible church.”
Dr. Lillback made these comments in the Christ the Center podcast at the ReformedForum website in the program entitled “The Role of the Seminary in Today’s World.” (beginning at about 11 min, 59 secs)
Even more insightful were the comments by Dr. Al Mohler. Responding to Dr. Lillback’s assertion of theological unity, Dr. Mohler said, “It really does, but it’s sort of like theological Darwinism—survival of the fittest. Confessional Protestantism is going to be all that remains because everything else is going to melt away with the disappearance of Cultural Christianity. The reality is that only those churches that hold themselves accountable to a confession of faith, and do so not out of obligation, but out of joy, are going to be left standing in terms of what we would recognize as the visible church.”
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