R. Scott Clark
Puritan Board Senior
As one of my students noted to me, Doug Wilson has recently (on his blog) come out in favor of the active obedience of Chirst (he cites the gospel of Matthew as his primary inspiration). It's okay to deny it, he says, but if you do you're really missing out on great stuff. This is an improvement, but it makes it a second blessing for the Illuminati.
The rest of them (e.g., Lusk, Barach and Jordan), at the moment of this post (6:37 AM Pacific) still reject the imputation of the active obedience of Christ.
On union, it's only suggestive, but I did post some distinctions on some threat recently. There's a bit from Witsius who speaks about union in 3-4 different ways. I find those distinctions quite helpful.
I don't recall what Wilson said about faith, but for most of them anyway have us united to Christ through baptism.
Union is quite important to our theology, but it isn't faith. WCF 11.1 and HC 21 don't substitute union for faith. Baptism is very important, but it isn't faith. Only faith is the instrument in the act of justification.
It's good to see Doug moving toward orthodoxy on this point, but caution is in order. If his theological movements were a car on a freeway, he would probably be pulled over for a sobriety test.
rsc
The rest of them (e.g., Lusk, Barach and Jordan), at the moment of this post (6:37 AM Pacific) still reject the imputation of the active obedience of Christ.
On union, it's only suggestive, but I did post some distinctions on some threat recently. There's a bit from Witsius who speaks about union in 3-4 different ways. I find those distinctions quite helpful.
I don't recall what Wilson said about faith, but for most of them anyway have us united to Christ through baptism.
Union is quite important to our theology, but it isn't faith. WCF 11.1 and HC 21 don't substitute union for faith. Baptism is very important, but it isn't faith. Only faith is the instrument in the act of justification.
It's good to see Doug moving toward orthodoxy on this point, but caution is in order. If his theological movements were a car on a freeway, he would probably be pulled over for a sobriety test.
rsc