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It's an endowed position for a professor of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. L. R. Scarborough was the President of the seminary back in the days when the preaching style of most Baptist preachers was the frontier revival style of foot stomping, screaming, fist shaking firebrands like Scarborough himself. Fire being a symbol of spiritual power in the Bible, hence the name "Chair of Fire."

Queen himself bears little resemblance either to the description of the professorship or to L. R. Scarborough, in terms of integrity and honesty. He's exactly what the Southern Baptists have been good at producing for decades now, following their move into extremist right wing politics, a sniveling sycophant looking to advance his own career by hitching his wagon to the small group of elitists surrounding one of the two "leaders" of the movement that led the denomination into right wing extremism. That might explain why the denomination no longer experiences any kind of evangelistic or ecclesiastical success, but is losing a huge chunk of its membership every year. Leadership like this doesn't produce success.