The Federal Vision controversy has had no shortage of examples of plain old doctrinal confusion, straight up the middle. A good example of that can be found here.
But my point is not so much as to take issue with the characterization there of FV thought as Arminian. As I have pointed out elsewhere, this new “Arminianism” holds to God’s exhaustive sovereignty over all things, and teaches absolute predestination and maintains that the number of the decretally elect cannot be increased or diminished. If this is Arminianism, then maybe Arminianism is Calvinistic . . . or something. But that is just by the way, a topic for another time.
What I want you to notice is the movie poster — a pretty clever send-up of the FV invasion of our hapless Reformed churches. But the only problem is that the poster was put together by Jeff Meyers, one of those who signed the FV statement in the latest Credenda. Now, let’s talk about this. We have not objected (at least not too much) when you all swipe the original intent of the Westminster divines, and acted like it lined up with what you teach. Civility in theological debate means that you have to overlook certain things like that. But when one theological party swipes the alien horror movie posters of the other side . . . I mean that is just not done. Can you imagine Hodge swiping Thornwell’s alien horror move poster? I’m just sayin’.
