tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post7006449503919156433..comments2024-03-27T20:28:38.015-04:00Comments on Reasonable Christian: Pyromaniacs: Open Letter to Michael HortonCharlie J. Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-25908893596489536112011-01-28T23:05:18.848-05:002011-01-28T23:05:18.848-05:00Thanks, PuritanReformed. I'll check that out....Thanks, PuritanReformed. I'll check that out. I'm sure you're correct.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-31005121540054514372011-01-28T21:56:06.913-05:002011-01-28T21:56:06.913-05:00@Charlie:
one minor point: the hortatory subjunct...@Charlie:<br /><br />one minor point: the hortatory subjunctive is not merely first person plural; it also includes the first person singular ("Let me x").Daniel Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678184721218949112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-9210643815183579012011-01-27T19:11:21.604-05:002011-01-27T19:11:21.604-05:00I agree that they overdo the emphasis on sanctific...I agree that they overdo the emphasis on sanctification, and that it comes too close to at least appearing to confuse it with, or add it to justification.John D. Chittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311105603350739626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-89054902390994235282011-01-27T15:03:35.218-05:002011-01-27T15:03:35.218-05:00. What is your only comfort in life and in death?
.... What is your only comfort in life and in death?<br /><br />That I, with body and soul, both in life and in death,[1] am not my own,[2] but belong to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ,[3] who with His precious blood[4] has fully satisfied for all my sins,[5] and redeemed me from all the power of the devil;[6] and so preserves me[7] that without the will of my Father in heaven not a hair can fall Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-85152335027726526672011-01-27T15:02:15.906-05:002011-01-27T15:02:15.906-05:00@John, yes but when push comes to shove the Baptis...@John, yes but when push comes to shove the Baptist has to go with his individual conscience and he can't quote the London Baptist Confession 1689 as authoritative.<br /><br />Turk doesn't get it. His view is simply subjectivism. The only real way to have any discipline in a church is through preaching the word, the right administration of the sacraments and a faithful preaching of the Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-34696512267512206502011-01-27T14:54:58.989-05:002011-01-27T14:54:58.989-05:00Apparently you didn't consult any Greek lexico...Apparently you didn't consult any Greek lexicons, Frank. Wallace clearly says that the hortatory subjunctive is the only way to express an imperative in the Greek language when you want to express it in the first person. First person plural is an imperative. That is Bible. So you're confusing Law with Gospel with your alleged 3rd category, which is really just Law restated in another way.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-67406361393894322312011-01-27T14:53:33.676-05:002011-01-27T14:53:33.676-05:00You're so obsessed with your own level of pers...You're so obsessed with your own level of personal holiness that you have forgotten Reformed theology 101:<br /><br /><i>Article XIV<br />Of Works of Supererogation<br />Voluntary works besides, over and above, God's commandments which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety. For by them men do declare that they do not only render unto God as muchCharlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-6182089101335192122011-01-27T13:37:32.523-05:002011-01-27T13:37:32.523-05:00I am utterly convinced, Charlie, that you have not...I am utterly convinced, Charlie, that you have not read my post. I can prove it.<br /><br />You say this <i>as your opening statement</i>:<br /><b>Unfortunately, some particular Baptists don't think the Law/Gospel distinction is important or that doctrine matters. What really matters is that you have some sort of behavioral change.</b><br /><br />Yet I say this clearly in paragraph 9:<br /><FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-12912057067738388532011-01-27T13:26:01.569-05:002011-01-27T13:26:01.569-05:00Boy, you don't talk about strong opinions, you...Boy, you don't talk about strong opinions, you just voice 'em! <br /><br />Calvinistic Baptists are confessional, even if their confession is a credobaptistic revision of a congregationalist revision of a presbyterian revision of the 39 Articles. <br /><br />If you wanna see not accepting creeds and confessions, you should have seen the Independent, "Fundamental" (Ana-)Baptists John D. Chittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311105603350739626noreply@blogger.com