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You are quite correct as to your TFT observations,
JD. Judy brings to her reading of TFT a bias that will not permit an equitable
treatment of that which is there in the text of his article.
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Sent: March 18, 2006 07:53
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] torrance.
As far as I know, Torrance believed that salvation was offered to
all -- not a Calvinist opinion, my dear. And you are
much more the Calvinist that he.
His comments below gives us a consistent explanation of the biblical
notion that man is justified apart from obedience to the law. It beats a
redactive explanation of same !! that's for sure.
jd
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From: Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
He also says this:
But the Scots Confession laid the axe to the root of any such movement
when it insisted that we have to spoil ourselves even of
our own regeneration and sanctification as well as justification.
What is "axed" so radically was the notion of "co-redemption" which in our
day has again become so rampant, not only in the Roman Church, but in
Liberal and Evangelical Protestantism, e.g., the emphasis upon existential decision as the means whereby we "make real" for ourselves the
kerygma [proclamation] of the New Testament, which means that in the last
resort our salvation depends upon our own personal or existential decision.
That is the exact antithesis
of the Reformed doctrine of election, which rests salvation upon the prior
and objective decision of God in Christ. It
is Justification by Grace alone that guards the Gospel from corruption by
"Evangel icals," "Liberals," and Romans alike.
So Torrance is also a Calvinist
at heart who is resting in Calvin's "doctrine of election" in spite of all
the big theological words and high talk...
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 04:43:32 +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
In the recent article posted by Lance from Torrance, the theologican
says this:
"Nowhere is this more apparent than in the case of the popular minister
where everything centers on him, and the whole life of the congregation is
built round him. What is that but Protestant sacerdotalism,
sacerdotalism which involves the displacement of the Humanity of Christ by
the humanity of the minister, and the obscuring of the Person of Christ by
the personality of the minister?"
amen. We have here a well worded warning to the mega church
industry that the Christ, His very person, just might be lost
to a pattern of worship that denies opportunities for authenticity
and spontaneous
participation by the attendee. It can be argued that such 'worship
services" fly in the face of such passages as Eph
5:18,19. There is a bonding and a closeness that takes place
in a small group that is not possible in the mega assemblies.
jd
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