The URCNA Report on “the Federal Vision” gets a review
The URCNA FV Study Committee Report has just been published. It’s a thorough and substantial report which, as to be expected, has some excellent statements. There are, however, several features of the report which concern me and these I would like to enumerate and address on my blog.
Why do I care about this report? For several reasons. I am good friends and colleagues with many of the leading FV personalities. I’ve known John Barach, for example, for about 15 years. He and I were classmates at Mid-America Reformed Seminary in the mid-90s. John is among the brightest fellows I know, with a memory nearly photographic. While at M-ARS, where he aced all of his courses, John learned to read Dutch — which enabled him eventually to translate Dr. Van Houwelingen’s fine commentary on 1 Peter and important exegetical and theological material by Benne Holwerda. He also underwent some paradigm shifts at seminary in the trajectory of Klaas Schilder’s theology. I remember him walking into class some mornings, with a Thomas Kuhn twinkle in his eye.
Read the rest: Episcopos: Interaction with URCNA Report on FV (1): Introduction.
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