Frankly, I like the balance reflected by the posters on the PB. If you attend a typical mainline seminary today, you would think that nothing written earlier than the last decades is worth reading. Here we register support for Turretin, Bavinck, Hodge, Warfield, Shedd, Edwards, and . . . (duh) . . . the Puritans.

Even in the current environment, there are people writing who are well-worth reading: Grudem, Beeke, Pipa, Horton, Riddlebarger, Robertson, etc.

I think that David nailed the issue. They don't hand out PhD's at places like Harvard, Chicago, or Berkeley for agreeing with what the Bible teaches. The worship of the novel and the odd assures us a steady stream of erudite error from the academy. I have interviewed some graduates of mainline seminaries who have no clue what "atonement" means, who do not have a good grasp of any aspect of Christology, and who are historically amnesic with regard to anyone writing before the 20th century. When you can graduate with your three quarters of systematic theology devoted to "Feminist Theology," "African American Theology," and "Ecological Theology," you are not guaranteed a knowledge of classical theological nomenclature, seminal issues in the history of theology, or anything of much pastoral value.

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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