Subject: Babies in heaven when they die? |
Bible Note: orthodoxy, I won't quibble further about your position on creeds and confessions. You have your convictions and I mine. Regarding your reference to my cutting myself off from the wisdom of the past, I assure you I do not. On the other hand, I hope I shall never attempt to justify my position on Biblical issues by quoting confessions, Reformed or otherwise. They were, all of them, written by men whose vision at best was finite, whose light at most was limited, and whose righteous deeds are like a filthy garment (Isaiah 64:6). If confessions are the essence of truth, why must they be revised, rehashed, rewritten from time to time? I won't expect you to "impoverish" yourself of the wisdom of the saints gone before as reflected in the creeds that they left behind. Neither expect me to impoverish myself of the wisdom of Scripture by devoting much time to the study of creeds. With that, I sign off to any more discussion of this matter. I wish you well in your studies at Covenant College. Your part of the world is quite well known to me. I am a native Chattanoogan and lived there 33 years. I am now 66, so that represents half my life thus far that I lived in the Scenic Center of the South. May God richly bless you all your days. --Hank |