1/ A thought on the SBC and CRT: Reformed Christians hold a robust view of specific revelation (Scripture) & general revelation (truth outside Scripture) as coming from God (i.e. non-salvific common grace). We should expect to find truth everywhere in God's creation.

2/ Reformed theology also has an equally robust view of Total Depravity: the sinful human heart will invariably twist any truth and use it to rebel against God. Real truth becomes anti-God ideology in sinners' hands. All of that rightly applies to CRT. BUT it also applies to ...

3/... Enlightenment rationalism, free market capitalism, Western individualism—all systems of thought that have both common grace truth and quickly become anti-God ideologies. Americans have been able to make (a perhaps too comfortable) peace with these thought systems.

4/ If these were approached as *ideologies* though, they'd all have to be deemed fundamentally incompatible w Xn faith & message, bc *that's the nature of ideology.* Yet the SBC doesn't treat these as ideologies first but as sources of common grace truth Xns can participate in.

5/ But with CRT, there seems to be a refusal to engage with it *as anything other than ideology.* Even when brothers & sisters (largely of color) within ones own covenantal & ecclesial fellowship have been trying to help one see that.

Addendum: Looks like the SBC had already adopted a far more balanced resolution on CRT in 6/19. Anyone know 1) why a new (conflicting) statement 2) how it relates to a resolution & 3) whether SBC seminary presidents can overrule resolutions? https://www.sbc.net/resource-library/resolutions/on-critical-race-theory-and-intersectionality/