In my previous Auburn Avenue post, which had to do with the concept of merit, a good discussion broke out. But in the course of the comments a couple stray points were raised near the end that I really wanted to get Lane’s response on. And because the recently re-published work of Robert Rollock had …
Like Contrasting Walking with Legs
Green Baggins has put up another post, this one working through a short article I wrote on pp. 7-8 of the FV issue of Credenda. Given the subject matter, this post will be very brief. Well, maybe not very brief, but comparatively brief. Man, look at it grow . . . Just two issues. The …
Like Jesse James Robbing a Train
So this response should finish up my reactions to Lane’s first critique of the first article in the FV issue of Credenda. And in this last installment, I do have a few things to say, even though I don’t believe there is a great deal of disagreement at this point. On the question of introspection, …
Orders of Magnitude
Lane says that, although I offer some qualifications, when it comes to the history of doctrine, I am essentially a Hegelian. I would take issue with that description — here are the qualifications I gave. “The third issue can be illustrated by adapting something from Hegel’s playbook. His take on history was that a thesis …
Some Things Don’t Get Said
Lane’s next point concerns my statement of loyalty to my friends. “Fourthly, regarding Wilson’s loyalties. He states, ‘So my loyalties to my friends and felloow laborers in this reformational ministry have not budged, nor will they’ (pg. 4, 2nd column). This is really too bad. This means that Wilson will continue to stonewall for his …
Letting the Grease Cool Down
In this next section, I will quote Lane quoting me. “Secondly, a bit about the Golden Rule. Wilson states this: I have been misrepresented by FV critics time without number, and because I don’t want Schlissel or Lusk disavowing me for things I don’t really believe, I have no intention of doing it to them. …
The Clarity A Night on the Sofa Produces
Green Baggins has begun a process of working through the Federal Vision issue of Credenda. He worries in his last few sentences that I might feel like he hit below the belt in this exchange, but I don’t think that at all. There are a couple of roundhouses where he doesn’t hit anything at all, …
Holding Back the Word
Green Baggins has responded to my last comment, and has also finished his review of my book “Reformed” Is Not Enough. He invited me to have the last word on our paedocommunion exchange, which I will do just briefly. He then asked a few questions which I will try to answer. His question on paedocommunion …
Is Food a Privilege?
Just a few more comments in response to Green Baggins’ latest. I think we have already covered the basic issues, but a few points really need to be emphasized. The first is that I agree that our inability to get the church in history to correspond name-for-name with the church in the eschaton is not …
The Halfway Covenant
Lane continues to interact with my book in his recent post on the relationship of a profession of faith with the half-way covenant. This is an issue that, in my view, requires some untangling. First, let me summarize was the half-way covenant actually did. The New England Puritans were paedobaptists, but they required a (high-bar) …