Protestant Christians today still revere much of Martin Luther's theology, even as we (mostly) reject his truly vicious anti-Semitism. Mohler is arguing, or perhaps simply hoping, that we can do the same with Boyce and Broadus and Manly -- preserving and venerating most of their theology while rejecting their white supremacy as an unfortunate, unnecessary, tangent. But abstracting some "pure" form of Luther-minus-the-anti-Semitism or Southern-Baptist-minus-the-white-supremacy isn't quite so easy. Read more

Southern Baptist conservative leader Al Mohler takes a forthright look at the reality of his conservative theological heroes of the past and attempts to begin grappling with the fact that those heroes were also fierce advocates of white supremacy. In other words, the theologians who created Mohler's beloved "Abstract of Principles" were also thorough heretics. Mohler isn't quite sure what that means yet, but give him credit for acknowledging the problem. Read more