Unprofitable Servant
Puritan Board Freshman
Joanna-
Thanks for picking up my slack. I fixed the link.
Thanks for picking up my slack. I fixed the link.
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I've commented here before about the dangers of an overly objective view of the Christian faith and Church, one that downplays the ministry of the Holy Spirit, an ecclesiology that swallows up soteriology--this and other matters are involved in such defections.
There is no room for [certainty] in Rome's system, for it does not see salvation as assured in Christ and sealed in the heart of the believer by the testimony of the Holy Spirit
Rich,
Not sure if you're giving me the benefit of the doubt here--or if anyone here is. You're using a sledgehammer to set a tack. I affirm all the Solas and subscribe to the WCF as the clearest (though fallible) summary of Christian doctrine. If you have spotted a delinquency in doctrine or life, I can give you my Session's address.
I do think history matters, though. It can never vindicate one's beliefs but at the very least it can belie the claims of others to represent a linear development. Do you never react to something like Open Theism with "nobody has ever thought that before!" even as you base your rejection of it on Scripture and the small-t tradition of argument about Scripture? Most on here do seem eager to rebut RCC claims of unbroken doctrinal development, as did the Reformers. I don't see how something that features so prominently in Catholic apologetics can be ceded to them, even as we view history, tradition, and authority as authoritative only insofar as it is formed by the Word.
David Jolley:
Where have the members of this board transgressed with respect to Jason Stellman? Where has there been a lack of kindness and respect?
I certainly do not claim sinlessness with respect to my interaction with anyone. My sinful self, my only shame, to be sure. I, too, deeply care for those in Rome and want to see them delivered from that confusion into the clear light of the gospel. I appreciate your desire to interact in a loving way. I, too, want to do that, as well as speaking the truth. I want to speak the truth in love.
I may well have missed something, but I have heard no one here doing anything but speaking the truth in love. This is a very important matter. If someone here has clearly transgressd with regard to this, I think that we would like to know where so that we can make it right.
Peace,
Alan