My conversation with Dr. Clark goes on. I asked him to cite some examples of where I have said that God considers the moral quality of my faith (as having been formed by love) as the basis or foundation for justifying me. I deny teaching this. To his credit, Dr. Clark acknowledges that I am …
Glorify It Yet Again
Father and gracious Lord, we praise and glorify Your name, and ask You to glorify it yet again in our celebration here. We pray that You would bless the labor that put this meal together, and bless our enjoyment of it. We ask that You would use this food to strengthen us, and prepare us …
More Stuff on Clark
I just posted this as a comment on Scott Clark’s blog. Dr. Clark, Late Wednesday night, you posted this on your blog. “Mr Wilson’s doctrine of justification through “living” or “obedient” faith is the very doctrine that we rejected in the Reformation” (emphasis mine). After saying I follow the Romanist ordo, you also say, “Mr …
A Second Battle of Tours (3)
Introduction: One of the things we must learn how to do is make careful distinctions. Islam arose in a world that was far more similar to the world in which Christ was born than either of those worlds is to our own. It therefore easy for us to react to certain “outlandish” things in both …
The Kind of Eyeball That Sees
Scott Clark is at it again. He misrepresents my views (again) by saying this: “Mr Wilson’s doctrine of justification through ‘living’ or ‘obedient’ faith is the very doctrine that we rejected in the Reformation. He makes faith efficacious, not because it looks to Christ alone, but because it looks to Christ and is obedient.” The …
Wise and Otherwise
The Bayly brothers are doing good work fighting the encroachments of soft feminism in PCA circles, as you will discover if you check out their blog from time to time. As you should. My particular line of thought here takes off from something they have mentioned there, which is the idea (current in the PCA) …
Even Warriors for Truth Have to Fudge the Facts a Little
In the “Bitter Wormwoods” post below, I appreciated a comment by David Gadbois, an FV critic, and thought I should respond to it here. He said, “I think Dr. Clark is right in his statement about the FV in general, although I think only 2 of the points would apply to Wilson at all (paedocommunion …
Ah, the Bitter, Bitter Wormwords!
Scott Clark has posted a form letter, here, for repentant FVers to sign off on. As has been my wont in times past, I would like to repost that letter here, with some editorial comments sprinkled throughout. I have put my comments in brackets and in bold, so that you can tell where it is …
Opening Play of the End Game
Scott Clark, big surprise, has written some more about the federal vision here. But in the course of his litany of ecclesiastical entities that have in various ways rejected the federal vision, he then goes on to say something very important — something that gives the end game away, incidentally. This, I predict, will be …
If Your Eye Be Evil . . .
We are continuing to learn about the sabbath mind as it is exhibited in rest, open-handed generosity, and joy. We are seeing that the sabbath principle is a helm which directs how the entire ship will go. “At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release . . .” (Deuteronomy 15:1-23). In …