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Originally Posted by Zenas  *Watches from the sidelines in the ARP*
Honestly, I'd prefer the orthodox Presbyterian denominations stay split.
If the denominations were joined, then heresey would be able to traverse across congregations more rapidly. With things as they are now, only the PCA is suffering from the FV, while the ARP and, seemingly the OPC, seems to suffer no problems. If we were joined, I think there would be a greater propensity for widespread heresey. As it stands, heresey must traverse several barriers and is unlike the infiltrate ALL of the orthodox Presbyterian denominations. At least this way, while we might be seperate in name, at any one time one of us will at least, probably, uphold orthodoxy if the others should fall victim to heresey. |
This is untrue. All one has to do to spread bad theology into their denomination is to pick up a book and start reading without discernment.
The OPC has not been exempt from the influence of FV, and possibly even more problematic for some of their congregations are Norman Shepherd's NPP influenced views of covenant theology. These men may not be loud, but they are there, and I have spoken with some of them in the past, much to my dismay.