RSSEntries from September 2007
Latitude in the Right Place
Can the gospel be a stake depending on where you are? Before proceeding, let me start by affirming my belief in the imputation of the active obedience of Christ, and so I’m cool. But let me add that I don’t believe, just as John Owen didn’t believe, that denial of it amounts to a denial [...]
Subscription & Freedom
Dr. Hart asked me why I reject “the imputation of the active obedience of Christ” (IAOC). My answer to the question is simple: the most significant reason denying the IAOC is important to me is the odd recent insistence by some that confessing that formulation is necessary in order to maintain one’s Reformed [...]
RE: Grace, Merit, and Innocence… on Imputed Righteousness
I agree with Darryl Hart’s reading of Robert Rollock. Rollock was an early covenant theolgian and it is anachronistic to demand that his theological language look exactly like it would after various controversies helped us define our more precise understanding.
Rollock, like Ursinus in his Large Catechism, is rolling Christ’s active and passive [...]
Playful Calvinism
I got suckered. Darryl challenged the seriousness of FV. Harumph, said I - touchily. Of course I’m serious. I mean, I write books. How could I not be serious?
Wrong answer.
I don’t know exactly what Darryl means when he talks about our lack of seriousness, and I don’t agree that a [...]
Sectarians All
Peter asks in an earlier post how much of FV the folks here contributing have read. It points to a psychological trait that I am still trying to understand, not simply on Peter’s part but in several interactions I’ve had with folks who identify with FV. It is a certain touchiness about being [...]
Law, Gospel, and Justification
Following upon on my earlier post, let me continue.
To reject a covenant of works based on perfect obedience is to create real confusion (pastoral and academic) over the nature of justification. Some argue that the law/gospel distinction is Lutheran and not Reformed. This is because they have not read enough of the Reformed [...]
Clarification of dates
There is a bit of confusion (cause by me). This discussion was slated to run from Sept. 17- October 5.
It the contributors feel this discussion is grinding to a halt, we can certainly end early. If there is more to be said, we can press on until Wed. as originally planned.
RE: Grace, Merit, and Innocence
Peter wrote:
“Bill, I’m not sure which of my formulations you found confusing. Could you clarify.”
Peter, sorry to open a line and leave it off the hook. My last post grew rather large.
What I am thinking about is the “deliverdict.”
I am thinking it could mean a couple of different things:
1) A way of [...]
Grace, Merit, and Innocence
I would like to draw us back into the details. Especially with regard to the question of covenant and its relationship to justification. I was glad to see so many of the participants affirm the Confession. I am still a bit confused by Peter Leithart’s formulations.
Douglas Wilson has argued that the Reformed [...]
For curiosity’s sake
A few comments in the last week have made me curious about how well-informed the non-FV participants in this discussion are about the FV. Can you list what works you’ve read?