Why do you think Dr. Rice would be so enamored of one evangelist despite his doctrinal "loose screws", and so harsh on another evangelist because of his doctrinal "loose screws"?
I don't know who you are speaking of when you say he was harsh one one evangelist.
I need more details.
And the only thing I know about what you claim he thought of Finney is taken from a screwball who works for John MacArthur, himself no stranger to strange heresies.
And it's well known that the person you quoted is a MacAuthor sycophant.
a On the World Wide Web site of Phil Johnson , who is a paid employee of John MacArthur (Johnson is head of MacArthur's tape, radio, and Web ministry; has been the principal editor of MacArthur's major books over the last 15 years; and teaches courses in writing and editing at The Master's College and Seminary), is an article titled "A Defense of John MacArthur Against Accusations of Rick Miesel of Biblical Discernment Ministries." T
hough the article was "written" by Jeff Simmons of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, the note from Johnson at the beginning of the article, and the fact that it is on Johnson's Web site, are evidence that Johnson is in agreement with the contents of the article.
Therefore, many of the remarks in this response apply equally to both Johnson and Simmons. (And, considering Johnson's official position as an elder of Grace Community Church, perhaps this response applies even to John MacArthur himself.)
With Johnson's theological training (B.A. Theology[1975], Moody Bible Institute), he apparently could not do better than Simmons or he would have written the article himself. (In fact, some of the paragraphs in the article are word-for-word from Johnson' letters, emails, and memos that pre-date the late-1996 posting of Simmons' article.)
Why did Johnson have to go half way across the country to find a written reaction to all the questions I raise about John MacArthur's teachings?
With all of the professors at The Master's College and Seminary, the possibility that this is the best Johnson could do for MacArthur is a testimony that "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" (Shakespeare's Hamlet).
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/macarthur/macarthu.htm
Keep in mind that the Sword of the Lord newspaper was one of the first to speak out about a certain heresy that MacAuthur was preaching and Phil Johnson is the paid henchman.