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Originally Posted by Stephen  Ok, thanks Lane for the clarification. I was not aware of these things. |
No problem. It is unfortunate that Gaffin is misunderstood today. If you believe some, he is the cause of all the problems in Reformedom (or if he is not, then Van Til certainly is). There are significant historiographical problems with such assertions, and fine distinctions to be made. For instance, with regard to Van Til, the only reason he supported Shepherd in the 80's was because Bill Bright from Campus Crusade was wrong. Van Til was quite old by this time (and could hardly remember people's names!). He knew what he was
against, and so he supported someone else who was also
against Bill Bright (Shepherd). That is how Van Til saw the debate. It was *not* as if Van Til was supporting Shepherd's errant claims about justification. So, Van Til is not responsible for Shepherd's problems. It can certainly be argued that he should have retired earlier! But responsible for Shepherd, he certainly was not.