02-07-2008, 03:40 PM
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If Gaffin ever did teach that, he teaches it no longer. He was on the OPC study committee that produced its report, and he was fully in favor of it (which garnered him quite a bit of flack from the FV guys, I can tell you). Gaffin is orthodox. Karlberg's book is a bit overboard in his criticisms.
| Karlberg was not the first person to raise this issue and he does make some valid points. Robert Reymond and Palmer Robertson both signed a document that Gaffin criticized. This was about the time that Dr. Sinclair Ferguson was still teaching there. He later resigned from the seminary. | Yes, Gaffin has done some things which he would not do now (as he himself told me on the phone). That doesn't mean that he is continuing to teach problematic doctrine. Indeed, it can be argued that Gaffin never taught problematic doctrine himself, and that, had he known the trajectory of Shepherd's thought, he would never have supported him. Gaffin, you must understand, is a polite scholar. Shepherd was his friend. But Gaffin no longer defends Shepherd. | Ok, thanks Lane for the clarification. I was not aware of these things.
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