Hi Daniel,
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Originally Posted by Poimen  Is it possible that we could begin to delight in such things? That we are 'happy' that the FV is taking such a fall? I sense some ugliness in my heart... |
I'm not happy about it, although I am glad that the dissimulation phase does seem to be nearing an end and we are now being treated to their honest opinions of us and our theology.
Personally, I just want this to be over, and the FV men in the PCA moved off to another denomination. After five years of this and the awful process of "trying to nail down theological jello," I've had my fill. I'm mystified that anyone wouldn't be able to see the "system" for what it is, at this point. Anyway, like every other conflict with error and heresy in church history, this one is ugly. The Arian conflict was ugly, the downgrade controversy was ugly, the English Civil war in which the Standards were birthed was exceedingly ugly. And yes, its always a conflict of sinful men vs. sinful men, the only difference between them being grace and the gospel, in and of themselves there usually isn't much difference and sometimes the "nice guys" are on the side of error. No one, for instance, argued that Machen was more of a "people person" than his opponents. In any event, Church discipline can be likened to the end of
Old Yeller, its an awful, sad job but it has to be done.