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Just John said:Yeah, the guys seems to be a quite the wack job.
He refers to Hyles as "the leader of the Indepentent Baptist movement in America". Now he no doubt had a big following but it's kind of an oxymoron to say the "independents" have a "leader". And if that is too much splitting hairs for some then there were multiple others who could also be considered "leaders" and still others in the IFB who had no love for Hyles or didn't know who he was. Saying Hyles is the "the leader of the Indepentent Baptist movement in America" is like saying "Jesse Jackson is the leader of the black community in America".
And to infer that First Baptist Church of Dallas is "liberal" is laughable. This is the church of course where Criswell preached forever and Rice printed his sermons in the SOTL, Southern Baptist notwithstanding. This is the same church now pastored by Robert Jeffress who has had his share of public criticism and mockery for his conservative stances.
I realize it is human nature to badmouth an individual or an organization for which you do not care. The problem some people have is taking something that may be factual and mixing in a bunch of foolishness. IMO this is what Linda Hyles did. It causes a person to lose credibility.