If we stand by the scriptures, we’re going to have to say hard things to a culture around us that will consider us backward, Albert Mohler, Jr.unloving, intolerant.

This statement demonstrates quite clearly the Mohler still doesn’t get it. What he’s talking about is continuing the recent trend of SBC to be moralistic rather than religious. In fact, I’d say there’s a good bit of unintentional irony — at least I assume it’s unintentional — in Mohler’s criticism of the current generation as making religion into something that’s moralistic.

If Mohler wants to stand by scriptures — which may leave some wondering why he isn’t standing Christ instead (bibliolatry?) — then I suggest he quits focusing on telling everyone what bad people they are and why and instead focus on the good news of salvation and redemption. And while he’s at it, he might want to try teaching his church to live out the love described in 1 Cor. 13 and being the kind of people Christ declared blessed in the Sermon on the Mount.

But instead, we see a man dedicated to ensuring that his denomination continues in the behaviors that have sullied the reputation of Christianity, according to the Pew Forum research done in the recent past.