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The Sinner's Prayer

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By Rod Anderson , CP Cartoonist

June 26, 2012|7:55 am

Southern Baptists and the Sinner's Prayer

The recent decision by delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention to affirm the use of the "sinner's prayer" – known as a prayer of repentance and "inviting Jesus into your heart" – has undermined Calvinism in the denomination and placed a renewed emphasis on traditional Baptist soteriology: if you repent, call on the Lord and believe in Christ for mercy, you are saved.

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