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Jim Cassidy, Jeff Waddington, and Camden Bucey were joined by Lane Keister for the Castle Church podcast this week that focused on the Federal Vision. This is a helpful introduction to the issues and they give some bibliographic leads on their website. Read the rest of this entry »
HT: Bill Chellis at DRC.
1. That Synod DECLARE that we stand in solidarity with our Reformed and Presbyterian brethren in rejecting as contrary to the Scriptures as summarized by our confessional standards the theological views that are generally associated with the movements identified as “the New Perspective(s) on Paul” and the “Federal Vision”.
2. That Synod REAFFIRM our commitment to the biblical, historical, and confessional, Reformed doctrine of justification– sola gratia, sola fide, solus Christus– which requires the imputation of the active obedience of Jesus Christ as an essential component of that righteousness which is the ground of our justification and is received by faith alone.
3. That Synod RECOMMEND to our ministers and members the study of the reports of the PCA, OPC, RCUS and Mid-America Reformed Seminary.
4. That Synod REQUEST our Sessions, Presbyteries, and other examination boards to be diligent in their examinations of potential office holders as to the critical areas of theology that are associated with the new views.
Committee:
Dr. Richard C. Gamble
Dr. Alan Noell
Rev. David Reese, Chr.
Rev. Scott Wilkinson
postscript: The cynic in me knows that the first reaction from the FV boys will not be, “Oh my, yet another NAPARC denomination has soundly rejected the FV and NPP.” No, the immediate reaction will be, “They still don’t understand us.”
Wait for it. Five, four, three, two, Hold your ears, one….
postscript #2: Not that we’re keeping score but so far the OPC, PCA, RCUS, URCNA, OCRC and now the RPCNA have all rejected the FV.
Don’t know what this is about? Start here. More resources here.
Re-post from the Old HB archives January 2007. I’m reposting this in response to the discussion occurring in response to this notice.
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The question comes concerning the relations between Theonomy and the Federal Vision. There is reason to think that there is some connection between the two movements. Severall well-known theonomists are also proponents of the FV. One of the FV leaders recently described the current FV controversy as a renewal of the theonomy argument. Interpreters on both sides have seen connection between the two controversies and movements. Read the rest of this entry »
In the March and April numbers (58.2 and 58.3) of the Outlook. You can connect with the Reformed Fellowship, who publish the Outlook, online.
It was a great joy to have Guy on campus and to spend time with him again. He is a scholar and a gentleman. You can see more photos and hear the three lectures for yourself here.
Sort of. Bob Mattes has details. There are, one thinks, more shoes to drop. SJC procedural trials and GA votes are fine but, as I’ve been saying since last summer, PCA ministers (TEs) and ruling elders (and laity) should not content themselves with these beginning steps. There are still ministers (TEs) in the PCA who are openly advocating the Federal Vision error. They must be disciplined. It will be long, hard work but it has to be done. The gospel isn’t an area for compromise.
This blog suggests yes. As 1/2 of the alleged Clark-Horton “controversy” the answer is…wait for it…NO! Read the rest of this entry »
Is now in print in The Outlook and online here. You can subscribe to the print version here.
Andy Webb explains how the Rev. Mr. Wilkins, who left the PCA in good standing (don’t leave that part out; that’s his new name: The Rev Mr. Wilkins-who-left-the-PCA-in-good-standing) wanted a trial but not that kind of trial.
UPDATE: So says Jack Sawyer, moderator of the OPC discussion list (This forum may be viewed only by members and requires a Yahoo ID to join).
UPDATE #2: So says the CREC. PCA Ruling Elder Bob Mattes explains.
Update #3: So says the Rev Mr Wilkins.
Details from Bob Mattes at GB. UPDATE: Auburn Ave and the Rev. Mr. Wilkins may have re-aligned with the CREC.
Update as of 1 March, 2008. He and his congregation have fled the discipline of the PCA for the safe arms of the Bishop of Moscow.
Just got an email from a pastor in Southern Europe. He reports that one of the families in his congregation has become taken with the FV. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s the text of the indictment.
Here’s Bob’s bottom line at GB:
As you can read, LAP has two options open to it:
1. LAP can repent of its errors and demonstrate this by conducting a fair and impartial trial of TE Wilkins; or
2. LAP can leave the PCA with the churches that agree with TE Wilkins’ errors.
Over at Green Bagginses, Reed raises the question of the status of NECMs (non-elect covenant members) and how the FV views them. Read the rest of this entry »
In talk radio the host is supposed to “re-set” the show at regular intervals. He is to remind listeners to which show they are listening and on what network or station. One reason why the host does this is because some listeners are just tuning in. Read the rest of this entry »
At the PB the question was asked:
We know that there are at least two categories of people within Scripture, the elect, and the non-elect. However, it might be apparent that there is a third class of people, those who have taken the physical sign of the covenant but are not elect. Read the rest of this entry »
David Gadbois and Bob Mattes, filling in for Lane, at Green Bagginses, are doing an excellent job critiquing various aspects of the FV. Bob asks what it means to speak of “covenantal” salvation (from what?) and David asks what it means to speak of “covenantal” justification? In both cases the FV has it that one can be “justified” and lost it and one can be “saved” and lose it. Really? The FV is equivocating on two words essential to biblical and Reformed theology. They use them in a sense which is utterly foreign to Scriptures as we understand them.
There are eight member denominations/federations in the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC). Of these at least three denominations have now spoken officially and definitively with regard to the Federal Vision and the New Perspectives on Paul, the OPC, the RCUS, and the now the PCA (at yesterday’s session of the General Assembly. See the reports below). Read the rest of this entry »
In his brilliant work, Christianity and Liberalism (1923), J. Gresham Machen called for the “liberals” (many of whom could just as aptly be called broad evangelicals) to be honest about their views and to leave the Presbyterian Church. Thirteen years later, it was Machen who was unceremoniously tossed out via a kangaroo ecclesiastical court. Read the rest of this entry »
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