I found it ironic and a bit tragic while a student at a renown Southern Baptist seminary, that SWBTS and former Southern Baptist Convention President Paige Patterson often harped on the need to preach the Gospel and gave emotive based altar calls in chapel at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, but sadly very seldom preached the actual Biblical Gospel in his messages. Southern Baptist friends, the Gospel is not a list of "do's and don'ts" that tells us not to drink alcohol or go to R-rated movies.
I know this may be hard for some of my Southern Baptist friends to understand, but the Biblical Gospel is not at all about wearing slick cowboy boots and hats to chapel and big game hunting. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is exclusively about that God sent His only Son to die on the cross for our sins and rise again from the dead to give us eternal life if we sincerely repent and believe ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-12, Romans 5:1-8 and Acts 17:30).
I often found it strange that Patterson would often tear up and get emotional up on his "preacher boy" platform about the gospel but hardly ever get around to explaining what the Gospel is!
The Gospel is not moralism, it is about the risen Lord Jesus Christ!
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