“Those who say that faith is not possible for an infant are left with two choices—either all infants who die in infancy are damned, or sola fide is not true and elect infants are saved another way.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 943
Dangerous Grace
“Paul calls the cup of the Lord’s Supper the cup of blessing. He does so even though a number of the Corinthians were sick or dead because of how they came to it. Uzza was struck down because he got a little too close to the mercy seat. God saved the people from Egypt, but then proceeded to fertilize the wilderness with a good many of them.”.
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 937
Originalist Westminster
“It is a paradigm shift, or a system shift. But not from the pristine WCF to something else, but rather as an attempt to read the WCF as though the democratization of American Christianity had never happened.”.
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 936
Might Be a Plan
“I certainly don’t want to be harsh with the men who talk with us because of the men who won’t! But I have been wading through a lake of this crap for so long I am thinking about buying a boat.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 933
When Did Tares Become Tares?
“The tares were not wheat that turned to tares halfway through the process.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 916
Two Senses, That’s All
“There are sons of Abraham in one sense who are sons of the devil in another sense. There are sons of Sarah in one sense who are sons of Hagar in another sense. There are Christians in one sense who are not Christians in another sense. This is simply a biblical way of speaking, and one which Paul is at pains to both use and defend” (5).
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 915
Because They Cannot
“If I write that pigs can never fly, I will not take seriously any critique that maintains that I was saying that they can.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 913
How Could It Be?
“It is not a denial of SOLA FIDE to BELIEVE THE PROMISES.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 903
Not Marbles in a Sack
“We have to remember that regeneration, repentance, faith, justification, and sanctification are not five marbles bonking around in a sack. They are descriptions of what I do, or have done to me. I receive a new heart. I repent. I believe. I have the righteousness of Christ imputed to me. I walk in newness of life. The traditional ordo has limitations, and because of those limitations, it is easy to misrepresent.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 903
Perhaps Too Much
“You said that we should not say things like ‘faith is obedience’ without qualification because people will grossly misunderstand. That is quite right, which is why in my post I qualified the heck out of my statements. I qualify my head off. They will carve on my tombstone, ‘He qualified a lot.’”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 900