RSSEntries from September 2007
Apostasy and Saul
Dr. Leithart:
Thank you for investing your time into this blog discussion. On a personal note, I’m David Henreckson’s former pastor. (I’ll forgive you for taking him away from us!) Also, I’ve benefited from your commentary on 1&2 Samuel, as I’m currently preaching through those books.
Your recent post on apostasy reminded me of your application of [...]
Apostasy
One of the central issues in the FV debate has been the question of apostasy. 2 Peter raises this question in a particularly pointed way. (I hope I’ll be forgiven for pasting something I wrote for my blog some time ago.)
At the beginning of his second epistle, Peter says that “divine power” has [...]
More on Tradition (and Justification)
Some have voiced frustration with the discussion here about tradition because it distracts from more substantial conversations about the teaching of FV. At the risk of trying the patience of the anti-formalists, I would like the FV people to consider the following set of quotations from Carl Trueman about James Buchanan’s formulation of justification. [...]
Catholicity, Provincialism, and Middle Earth
I believe in catholicity. The church is one in all ages and in all places. It is a mystical body united to Christ. Today I worshipped with all the saints alive today and all the saints that have gone to sleep in Christ. St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Richard Hooker, Karl Barth… [...]
Westminster’s Stunt Double
If I might offer my services as a translator for a moment . . .
Darryl, when Jim says he is “unexcited” about being Reformed, you need to also hear that he is unexcited in the same ways, and to the same extent, about being FV. When he says he is excited about Jesus and the [...]
Frame’s Creative Children
The more I read here, the more I’m reminded of John Frame’s case for biblicism and critique of traditionalism. The way FV stands in relation to the Reformed tradtiion calls to mind Frame’s defense of biblicisim, which included the following paragraphs:
One might [...]
More on justification
At the risk of bringing discomfort to Darryl, I admit that my work on justification has done more than “restate” traditional Protestant formulations. My defense is that I think the Bible has more to say on the subject than Protestant formulations have typically captured.
My work on justification has focused on passages where [...]
Justification… The Big Question
I look forward to Peter expounding his thoughts on justification.
I am glad to see the affirmations of the Confession on justification.
One question.
Does the FV distinguish between the narrow instrumental/receptive nature of justifying faith from the broader concept of obedient faithfulness?
The Combination
Think of FV this way. For whatever reason, we have stumbled into a situation where the whole is bigger (or more explosive) than the sum of its parts. There is no one component in the FV that you cannot find as an honored element in another portion of the Reformed world (although disputed or suspect [...]
Justification
Prof Lints raised the question of justification, and I’d like to continue that in a different vein. Jeff is right, I think, that the debate has been skewed from the beginning because FV has been mixed with Shepherd and the NPP and given a vigorous, confusing shake. There are definitely parallels and interconnections, [...]