tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post8872375369739414032..comments2024-03-27T20:28:38.015-04:00Comments on Reasonable Christian: Dr. R. Scott Clark: Implicit Faith and the Cult of Personality | The HeidelblogCharlie J. Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-83254586517158351082013-02-16T15:06:24.890-05:002013-02-16T15:06:24.890-05:00GHC, that is.GHC, that is.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-35089936546274129082013-02-16T15:06:03.213-05:002013-02-16T15:06:03.213-05:00Clark is an irrationalist. He can claim to hold to...Clark is an irrationalist. He can claim to hold to strict subscription on the one hand while allowing exceptions on the other. The fact is not even his denomination practices catechism prior to accepting communicant members. It's done afterwards like the other denominations.<br /><br />Sorry, but I don't trust RSC as far as I could throw him. He's proven himself to be a Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-32266098491370156662013-02-16T13:01:25.705-05:002013-02-16T13:01:25.705-05:00Charlie wrote: the fact is Reformed churches thes...Charlie wrote: <i>the fact is Reformed churches these days do not practice catechism when accepting adults into communicant membership.</i><br /><br />Me: I agree (as would Clark) that by-in-large this is, sadly, a true statement. <br /><br />Charlie: <i>Clark seems to advocate something similar since he calls that "implicit" faith.</i> <br /><br />Me: That's the complete Jack Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281378425270530573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-9811816410261116362013-02-15T22:31:29.683-05:002013-02-15T22:31:29.683-05:00Regardless of what he intended to say, the fact is...Regardless of what he intended to say, the fact is Reformed churches these days do not practice catechism when accepting adults into communicant membership. Clark seems to advocate something similar since he calls that "implicit" faith.<br /><br />I have asked several conservative Presbyterian pastors if they use the catechism when accepting new members. I have yet to find one who Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-89387710480242455882013-02-15T17:50:44.588-05:002013-02-15T17:50:44.588-05:00Charlie,
Your take away as to what you claim Clark...Charlie,<br />Your take away as to what you claim Clark is advocating is the opposite of the point he is making. I'm astonished that you could come to your conclusion. Because Dr. Clark acknowledges that some, coming to the Reformed tradition from the Evangelical world, fall into a kind of 'implicit faith' towards pastor personalities that that somehow means he is approving of it orJack Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281378425270530573noreply@blogger.com