On Matthew Barrett's Conversion to Anglicanism

About this sermon

So I received word last week that Midwestern had not extended Barrett's contract, so he was leaving. Then it came out he was taking a position at an Anglican seminary, and finally, his own article explaining his reasons for converting to Anglicanism. So today we walked through the article https://matthewbarrett.substack.com/p/i-am-leaving-the-sbc-and-becoming in light of the fact that we have spoken often of the impact of the "Great Traditionists" and the fact that promoting such a perspective at a Baptist institution is inherently self-contradictory (and Barrett's conversion is actually proof of the correctness of our assertion). 0:00 - More “Great Tradition” and Matthew Barrett 8:59 - Clip #1: Imbalanced fascination with Aquinas 11:34 - Clip #2: “This isn’t Baptist” 16:04 - Taking steps toward the Tiber 29:11 - Barrett article: three pillars 40:23 - Barrett footnote: church offices and cherry picking 49:40 - Barrett article: third pillar of baptism 1:01:20 - The “via media” fractures 1:10:35 - The real reason: fundamentalist hate? 1:16:04 - Liturgical worship and historical claims 1:23:47 - Closing