Baptist Battles II
Tom Ascol (Founders) weighs in on Dr.Vines recent sermon. In my opinion, he was very gracious.
http://www.founders.org/blog/2006/10/vines-on-calvinism.html
And here's yet another sad chapter in this escalating struggle.
BTW, this amazingly reckless quote is directly copied and pasted from www.erguncaner.com
Q: DIDN’T YOU SAY THAT CALVINISTS ARE WORSE THAN MUSLIMS?
A: Yes, absolutely. For a small portion of these people, just daring to question the Bezian movement is heresy. They will blog and e-mail incessantly. I call it a “Calvinist Jihad,” because just like Muslims, they believe they are defending the honor of their view. They can discuss nothing else. I have even had a few call for my head! Dr. Falwell and I have laughed about it, because they are so insistent, and they miss the point completely. There are plenty of schools to which the neo-Calvinists can go, but Liberty will be a lighthouse for missions and evangelism to the “whosoever wills.” Period.
The difference is, Muslims know when to quit - for these guys, it is the only topic about which they can talk.
Good job, Dr. Caner, Dean of Liberty Seminary.
Way to make peace.
Nothing like being one body with one Spirit.
posted by Chris at 11:30 PM
2 Comments:
I saw this quote over on Old Truth, and was flabbergasted. What an incredibly dumb thing to say, especially for a seminary president.
I don't doubt that there are some radical believers/theologians who push their beliefs a bit too hard, but their only weapon is an angry voice. Not a belt of C-4.
I've been listening to the audio from the recent Desiring God conference, and during the Friday night speaker panel Piper was asked about a recent meeting he had with two guys from the "emergent church" movement. While he found very little they had in common and observed a huge difference in their worldview and his own, his tone in relating this story was so much better than Dr. Caner's. He complimented them on their strengths, and gently lamented the areas where they fell short. He didn't shy away from the differences, but he also didn't insult or ridicule them.
12:09 PM, October 17, 2006
Mr. Yarborough:
I saw your comment over at the Founders blog and just wanted to check out you blogsite. Good thoughts over there and here.
tiadavid,etc.:
Very interesting account, thanks for sharing that. Something I think may be helpful to you: "Calvinism" only has one "a" (just as Arminianism has no "e"). Some people in the blogosphere give others a hard time about spelling, so I just want to save you a headache.
7:01 AM, October 20, 2006
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