Twenty days ago, SBC Today, a blog owned and operated by Emir Caner and Truett-McConnell College faculty, posted a previously published blog post by a Southern Baptist pastor in Maryland, Ralph Green. The post criticized LifeWay’s new and very popular Sunday School curriculum, the Gospel Project. According to Green:
We found it to be biased in how it explains and interprets the study themes. There are numerous subtle seeds of the Calvinistic approach to Scripture and many that are overtly obvious. The more we read and studied the curriculum, the more convinced we have become convinced that this curriculum is not suitable for use here at Calvary. I am greatly disappointed because there is nothing wrong with healthy dialogue and wrestling with theological issues. But when a curriculum is designed to teach only one side of the issue, it is no longer a healthy debate but indoctrination; and we cannot allow that indoctrination to take place here at Calvary.
Southern Baptist statesman and pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas W.A. Criswell is a much loved figure in Southern Baptist life. Recently, I posted how the author of the Traditionalist Statement 
The first place to begin, it seems to me, is with our common ground. As Southern Baptists, what we agree on far outweighs what we disagree on: 1) We agree on the BFM 2000. 2) We agree on the Lordship of Christ. 3) We agree on the inerrancy and sufficiency of Scripture. 4) We agree on the exclusivity of the gospel and the lostness of humanity. 5) We agree that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, not to mention a host of other issues on which we agree. Virtually all of us recognize that Southern Baptists are not going to agree on Calvinism. However, that does not mean that this discussion should not happen! While the debate about Calvinism is necessary, it is absolutely essential that all involved desire, speak, and work for unity.
Eric Hankins, nominee for Second Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention, recently heavily contributed to a non-Calvinist soteriological statement presented at SBCToday.com Hankins came onto the blog scene back in April with posts advocating a soteriological position distinct from Calvinism and Classical Arminianism. It is obvious that these posts played a role in setting the ground for the Statement now being discussed across SBC life.
