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1 | Five Questions for Church Membership | Heb 10:19 | DocTrinsograce | 216261 | ||
Dear Searcher, Well, then I am confused. Are you saying you have actually read the WCF? Perhaps you have forgotten what it states. The only other possibility would be an intentional, straw-man argument, and I can't quite feature that of you. Those assertions you made are quite contrary to reformed thinking -- quite contrary -- and they make a big deal indeed. Defining worship as a Sunday-only, congregational activity, is a Papist view. The denial of individual effort as a consequence of regeneration is either hyper-Calvinistic or Antinomian. The denial of the essential nature of the work of the Holy Spirit or His gifting to the Body is quite alien. Those things fall far outside the explicit statements of Reformed Confessions, be they Continental, Congregational, Presbyterian, or Baptist! I cannot concur with all that my Presbyterian brethren teach, but I can assure you that J. Ligon Duncan, a ninth generation Presbyterian elder, would not teach that stuff! In this day and age, if we don't "trumpet" our distinctions, then it means one of two things: (1) we don't really understand the differences, or (2) we are tacitly supporting ecumenism. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Five Questions for Church Membership | Heb 10:19 | Searcher56 | 216262 | ||
Doc, Raed post 215242, which includes my view of worship and service. I never said worship was one day a week. Nor did I say it was a congregational activity. Worship should happen more often, even daily, by indivduals. Yes, it can be a congregational activity. I think we miscommunicated on the Holy Spirit. I see it missing in point 4. Dr. Duncan has it elsewhere, but I wish he would have included our ability by His power. "A ninth generation Presbyterian elder" ... I think of Paul (Phil 3:4-7). If you read my profile, you'll see I differ on some minor issues. If I trumpet them, they could cause disunity. Searcher |
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