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brians
brians
10 years ago

Pastor Wilson,  I haven’t read “Against the Church”, but wouldn’t you say that the right place to be “against” the Church is from within the Church?  If so, how do you explain your continuing in a tradition that set itself up parallel to the original episcopate?  I’m not trying to be snarky here – I’m a fan of your writing on education (I’ve taught the Wilson/Nance logic text, & love “Recovering the Lost Tools”) and the theological work of your particular circle was a stepping stone on my journey Romeward.  I’ve never understood the “Chestertonian Calvinist” or Piper’s “happy Calvinist”… Read more »

brians
brians
10 years ago

I suppose “an” original episcopate would have been more acceptable here in Mablog.  Sorry:)

brians
brians
10 years ago

Thank you for the answer, and I think your point is valid.  I am presuming that ordained bishops and presbyters bear the authority to forgive sins on earth.  This I know because the Bible tells me so:)   My point is, is it intellectually honest to teach that we are to reform from within, but remain without, and to lionize those who bailed once they were called to repentance by their bishops? I’m not trying to be abrasive here:  this is one of the things that’s really troubled me about CREC ecclesiology.  Did the visible, institutional Church stop being the… Read more »

Eric Stampher
Eric Stampher
10 years ago

Hi brains!  Does your position hold that the visible, institutional church was nonexistent for Eve, Abel, Seth, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Esther and Anna?

brians
brians
10 years ago

Hi Eric – I suppose I’d have to say that it was tied to an ethnicity throughout the OT, but Jesus was the light to the gentiles, sending the apostles as the Father sent Him, and here we are, with a Church that transcends ethnic and national barriers.  Not sure where you’re going with this, but I’m interested to see.