Reformed Baptist
Puritan Board Sophomore
hey all,
I am just starting this work and began reading through Packer's intro last night. The following statement struck me as stronger than I typcially hear regarding the subject:
Now, I understand this is Packer's words, but I respect him. Is this the general sense of the Reformers and modern Calvinists/Reformers that the doctrine of universal redemption is "desctructive of the gospel." I have heard individuals treat it as a mere difference of opinion. I will say that I tend to side with the stronger opinion here, but I wanted to know the the PB folks thought.
I am just starting this work and began reading through Packer's intro last night. The following statement struck me as stronger than I typcially hear regarding the subject:
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ (Owen Works, X:139:148) is a polemical piece, designed to show among other things, that the doctrine of universal redemption is unscriptural and destructive of the gospel.
Now, I understand this is Packer's words, but I respect him. Is this the general sense of the Reformers and modern Calvinists/Reformers that the doctrine of universal redemption is "desctructive of the gospel." I have heard individuals treat it as a mere difference of opinion. I will say that I tend to side with the stronger opinion here, but I wanted to know the the PB folks thought.