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To: Cronos
You still haven't told us what this book is about. What is Elliott disputing?

Now, if you're telling us Elliot thinks the OPC is standing at a crossroads, I say all churches stand there daily.

If Elliott is cautioning the OPC to remain the ultra-conservative church that it is and not succumb to the liberalism that is rampant in churches today, most especially in the Roman Catholic church whose pope kisses the Koran, then I would agree with Elliott.

The only "liberal" thing I've seen the OPC do is to recently go along with the more modern version of the Westminster Confession of Faith which drops the following line from the 25th chapter of the original WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH (1646)...

"Nor can the Pope of Rome, in any sense, be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalts himself, in the Church, against Christ and all that is called God."

If this is Elliott's complaint, then I heartily agree with Elliott. Appeasing idolaters for the sake of false ecumenicism is never a good idea.

"All Satan's teachers in all ages have presented their poison, even all their errors and fallacies, in a golden cup." -- John Calvin, Jer.I:85

2,861 posted on 09/09/2010 12:01:35 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

Christianity and Neo-Liberalism
The Spiritual Crisis in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and Beyond
by
Paul M. Elliott

describes it pretty well where this ex-Leading Elder of the OPC says

He also documents how consistently the neo-liberals and their moderate allies have made the OPC safe for the promulgation of such soul destroying errors. He sets forth how corrupt manipulation of ecclesiastical politics has prevented any of these false teachers from ever being effectively called to account for their apostasy. All presented with both the Biblical conviction of a true believer and the dispassionate arguments of the trial lawyer this indictment of the OPC grows weightier and weightier page by page. As the reader sits in the jury box he is more and more compelled to register his vote as guilty on all counts as charged.

The final chapter, chapter 10, is a call to separate from the OPC, a denomination that has forsaken the historic gospel, has repudiated the real authority of Scripture, and has become a save haven for false teachers. Having lost the marks of a true church Elliott passionately presents the Biblical commands to separate from apostasy and build a new church on sound and Biblical principles.
So, another splitty-split in the OPC, a quick demise. That's normal. It's time for Satanic spawned cults to die quicker
2,942 posted on 09/09/2010 2:16:27 PM PDT by Cronos (A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: Alexander P)
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