Pilgrim
I hear you and agree. But here is the rub, from talking to him he appears to have a high view of Scripture. I also know his relatives who attend the Church I go to. They are what I would call an exemplary family. The dad, David is an amazing man who is an elder in the Church. David credits that pastor with leading them through a very trying time in their marriage. I can say without reservation that that family is a biblical model of what I believe God meant for a family.
In talking to David, I found out that his knowledge of History and Reformed doctrine is limited. However, what he lacks in that area, he makes up for it in Scripture knowledge. On almost any subject he is able to go to Scripture passages to show you what it says.
He found out that he was Reformed in his beliefs, through talking with other Reformed believers such as myself.
All this to say that although what you said about this pastor seems true. But given everything I have been able to discern about him; at this point unless I find more information, I think it is a blind spot.
By the way, David and I on occasion meet over coffee from time to time.
I plan on asking him what he believes concerning passages such as John 3:3 and regeneration. I would be surprised if he didn't agree with the Reformed understanding. Especially given the fact that our pastor is very clear that he believes this passage concerns regeneration. He just preached through the book of John and when it came to that particular passage, he was very clear about it. If I remember correctly he even quoted Henriksen's Commentary.
Tom

Last edited by Tom; Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:02 PM.