The key here, Matt, in my opinion is the relative centrality of the doctrine together with the vehemence of the posting. Eschatology is (at best) a tertiary doctrine, and yet he is making it a test of orthodoxy. I would tend to agree with him about the Papacy and Antichrist (and so would most of the Puritans), but you never see this king od attitude on this issue from them.

If this were justification, or the Trinity, or even ecclesiology to the extent of Campingism, it would be different. People are dying, suffering and excluding themselves from the fellowship of Christ b/c of Camping. No one is in grave danger because they have misidentified the antichrist. This is especially true since if Keith had taken any time tgo ask and listen, he would have found out that Matt is much more critical of Rome than most Presbyterians.

Sigh... far too often I see this; where a layman studies one issue to death with no knowledge of Systematics - which is designed to give us both correlating truth and perspective.

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Fred Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)