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Al Gore - “Baptist of the Year”
Posted By katie allison granju
It’s possible that - but for global warming - hell just froze over, as conservative punching bag Al Gore gets a ringing endorsement from a big Baptist gathering:
In an introduction of Gore, Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics, called the former Democratic presidential nominee a “Baptist prophet” and appeared to criticize the Southern Baptist Convention for its failure to commend Gore for his achievements. He also presented Gore with a “Baptist of the Year Award.”
But if you read the rest of the article, you’ll find that this particular group of Gore-loving Baptists doesn’t include the SBC wing of the denomination:
Parham formerly worked with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission (now the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission) but left during the transition toward conservative leadership in the convention.
“We have with us today a Baptist prophet who is so unacceptable that the Baptist establishment in his hometown of Nashville neither acknowledged his winning the Nobel Peace Prize nor honored with coverage his notable Nobel lecture,” Parham said. “Prophets are unacceptable because their truth is inconvenient.”
Feb 11th, 2008
