I make the news

I have been mentioned in the trial of Peter Leithart by the owner of the GreenBaggins Blog, Lane Keistner.  He claimed that my letter to his Stated Clerk, accusing him of hypocrisy regarding the Federal Vision because he himself is out of accord with his church’s confession on the key issue  of sola fide, resulted in complete exoneration.

This all came as a surprise to me as you can imagine.  I had not expected to be mentioned in Peter’s trial.

Having thought about it, I have a few questions I would like Lane Keistner to answer.

Lane:

1. What did they study? No-one contacted me, and since I am the one making the charge, that strikes me as odd.

2. You must have brought the case against yourself. That is quite a precedent. How many accused wish they could do that? What does that tell us about the quality of the evidence you brought against yourself?

3. You claim that you were completely exonerated. Exonerated from arguments you yourself brought? Were arguments made, or did you just say you are orthodox, and you all went out for coffee?

4. How would you answer to the accusation that this looks and smells like a deal done in advance? What does that say about your claim of total exoneration?

5. On that subject, three Presbyteries have ruled against you, and your friends, on these central issues. The tide has turned against you. Does that not give you pause to think that perhaps you may be mistaken? That so many of your peers and superiors disagree with you is telling.

Hooker demolishes the Puritans

Still working slowly through Hookers defence of the Church of England of his time.  He is brilliant, exceptionally clever and articulate.  His standard question to his opponents is to ask for their scriptural proofs, and necessary consequences of the same, which they are almost always unable to provide.  Some of the alleged proofs are hilarious.  He worked from the writings of leading Puritans of the age, so knew what he was facing.

The issues he faced are still alive and kicking.  Very much so, in fact.  The modern church service is pretty much a Puritan-friendly thing, not excluding the CoE of today, which has surrendered to a Puritan way of ordering it services, even when it is liturgical.