tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post5596285527792791654..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Notable posts on marital abuse, December 25, and a whole lot morePhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-39975569186199286912012-12-02T08:56:56.294-08:002012-12-02T08:56:56.294-08:00Would that Doug Wilson would as engagingly denounc...Would that Doug Wilson would as engagingly denounce Tom Wright's neo-legalism which is extremely close to Wilson's own Federal Vision view of Justification by works-plus-faith.<br /><br />Instead he plows on as one of the most subtle false teachers who teaches his students grace-plus-works salvation (which is "no longer grace") without them even knowing it. Brilliant, what?<br /><br />Read Phil's excellent speech at: <a href="http://goo.gl/6bu1G" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/6bu1G</a> for a really good explanation. <br /><br />Then compare in some introductory notes relating to neo-legalism and Federal Vision at: <a href="http://goo.gl/C491L" rel="nofollow"> http://goo.gl/C491L</a>.<br /><br />I would never exalt one part of Scripture over another, but this is *way* more critical to the Gospel than female bishops.<br /><br />I honestly have not been able to figure out which of these three things (or a combination) is the case:<br /><br />1. Otherwise solid biblical guys don't know the deadly evil of Federal Vision "justification", or<br /><br />2. They can't comprehend that Doug Wilson believes and teaches it, or<br /><br />3. Wilson is just so stinkin' charming and such a fantastic writer that, hey, it just doesn't matter in his case.<br /><br />Enlighten me.Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888533194435826837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-79878834012138138132012-12-02T08:44:08.500-08:002012-12-02T08:44:08.500-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888533194435826837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-55662878189777831082012-12-01T20:58:42.449-08:002012-12-01T20:58:42.449-08:00Engwer forgot one major thing - December 25 is the...Engwer forgot one major thing - December 25 is the one day on which we are completely forbidden from ever having a church service. It's a pretty big oversight, but maybe he'll correct it in the second edition.<br /><br />Love Wilson's trashing of Wright's wretched manipulative malfeasance. The key one is the third article - something as awful as Wright's deceit must not just be rejected, but utterly ridiculed. Something so outright horrible must not be given a seat at the table of ideas as though it's a legitimate option; the sheer amount of scriptural manipulation, deceitful half-truths, and outright making stuff up that's necessary to even pretend this case is remotely Biblical must be completely denounced.<br /><br />Wright just never ceases to amaze, and not always in a good way. When he's on, there are very few who are even remotely comparable. But when he's wrong - and on this he's thoroughly wrong - he's even more adamant, and seemingly nothing is off limits. His entire case rests on <i>what he wishes scripture said</i> instead of what it actually (clearly, unambiguously) says! The same guy who produces near-peerless excellence also produces, well, this. The mind boggles.<br /><br />The Gary Gilley articles were great. I especially appreciated his take on the cautious but open position, which I held until much too recently.trogdorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452996348717802065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-29377094626564392772012-11-28T04:18:41.170-08:002012-11-28T04:18:41.170-08:00Gilley wrote "This Little Church Went to Mark...Gilley wrote "This Little Church Went to Market" and "This Little Church Stayed Home."<br /><br />Maybe that's what you are remembering. If you aren't, you ought to be remembering :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-60633833463723279482012-11-27T10:34:42.497-08:002012-11-27T10:34:42.497-08:00NT is quite above the Holy Writ at times, and yet ...NT is quite above the Holy Writ at times, and yet he is altogether an excellent teacher as well.<br /><br />Doug Wilson is a blessing. This brother makes me laugh and be built up and humbled.<br /><br />I have noticed that the Holy Word of truth is truly being hated more and more. With my home Sate of Maryland now making it legal for two homosexuals to marry, there is no stopping this wave of ungodliness that has come forth out of the closet, and beggs us to climb into the closet.<br /><br />Hope you don't mind a short burst of anger.<br /><br />Have a great week in our Savior's sovereign love and will for us. All for the Cross. Gal. 6:14.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35217062859479217542012-11-27T10:16:44.754-08:002012-11-27T10:16:44.754-08:00I was serious. His name clicks something in my bra...I was serious. His name clicks something in my brainium, but I haven't located the connection yet.<br /><br />DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-28631511917269878172012-11-27T10:13:37.896-08:002012-11-27T10:13:37.896-08:00Dan, I'm not sure if you were being serious or...Dan, I'm not sure if you were being serious or not in your claimed ignorance of Gilley (a search of Pyro and BibChr reveals you linked him once on BibChr 6 years ago on C.S. Lewis but otherwise the only editor here who has said anything about him was Phil Johnson, who spoke at his church once and called him a favorite writer) - but for anyone else unaware, Gilley's writings under the resource tab at his church's website svchapel.org are wonderful. He posts a new article every couple months, and the real gems are the myriad book reviews he has posted. I read through a lot of his stuff around the same time I first found Pyro a few years ago, and I always thought the writing and theological content were very similar, though with subtle differences in tone and purpose (he doesn't write as a blog). Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657160848405432116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-51422150259525010682012-11-27T08:25:27.469-08:002012-11-27T08:25:27.469-08:00Hope you get to feeling better on that, Rho
LOL, ...<i>Hope you get to feeling better on that, Rho</i><br /><br />LOL, touché.<br />The rest of the article was excellent, though, so thanks again for the links. And you were right about Thabiti. Man, that guy is solid.Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-88021178829463884012012-11-27T08:24:36.053-08:002012-11-27T08:24:36.053-08:00Not feeling too great this morning, so I'm veg...Not feeling too great this morning, so I'm vegging a little...and then I came to Pyro and thought, "Hmm...this feels like H&T...at Pyro...on a Tuesday!"<br /><br />Read Thabiti's letter. Wonderfully written...a good example of tempering justice with mercy. I especially liked his quote about writing the letter from prison to Jack's hospital bed if he were the abused woman's father. Make way for kung-fu master Thabiti!<br /><br />And Dan, you're right. That commenter covered his/her ears and refused to listen to what Thabiti was really saying. I couldn't even finish reading one comment before becoming irked myself. There was nothing in Thabiti's letter that warranted such wrath and accusation. Thabiti was onto something when he responded that the accuser's problem lies with his own heart.<br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289347868497438542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-78884195453770675922012-11-27T08:21:19.414-08:002012-11-27T08:21:19.414-08:00Hope you get to feeling better on that, Rho, since...Hope you get to feeling better on that, Rho, since the "tired" interpretation is contextually and linguistically the superior and likelier view.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-82571235418015870212012-11-27T08:19:34.076-08:002012-11-27T08:19:34.076-08:00Gak.
Gilley's article is quite good but (PET P...Gak.<br />Gilley's article is quite good but (PET PEEVE) employs as part of his argument the tired "when the perfect comes" sheet from 1 Cor 13:8. Please, spare me. This is coming from a cessationist. <br /><br />Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-8534636504209094562012-11-27T07:22:36.291-08:002012-11-27T07:22:36.291-08:00Thabiti's response to the comment section trai...Thabiti's response to the comment section train-wreck is a wonderful example of the gracious and loving response of a pastor. <br /><br />In thinking about this, when a general run-of-the-mill lay-person runs a blog about his cats, and get's a nasty comment, when responding he can be as snarky and acidic as he likes - but when it's a pastor responding, the standards are so much higher: regardless of how nutty the comment might be, he needs to show a loving response and be "sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable" and all that other Pauline good stuff. Thabiti shows he's got this all covered.Rational νεόφυτοςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373754020926594940noreply@blogger.com