By Diane Chandler
Baptist Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton calls it a “gut punch” – Jesus’ reference to his disciples as an “unbelieving and perverse generation.”
Jesus had two questions for disciples in the Matthew 17 passage, which Litton posed in his June 14 address as if Jesus were speaking directly to Southern Baptists.
“Southern Baptists how long shall I stay with you? Southern Baptists, how long shall I put up with you?”
“How we respond to Jesus in these two days together, especially on the most painful, gut-punching reality of the Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF) report, how we respond is not just to the looking world that’s watching us, but how we respond because Jesus is watching us,” Litton said. “I think if we respond in a way that seeks to honor and glorify Him first and foremost, listen to me, we will wind up answering Jesus’ two questions.” [Read more…]