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E_F_Grant said:
I'm just learning about the doctrine of covenantal succession, an overview of which can be found here: http://www.faithtacoma.org/covenant2.htm

Would love to hear agreements and criticisms of this subject! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/chatter.gif" alt="" />
Eleanor,

This is nothing more than a defense of presumptive regeneration, which Drs. McMahon and his crowd are teaching and trying to defend over on the "Puritan Board". The error has been around for quite a number of years and popularized by Abraham Kuyper among the Dutch Reformed churches. It has now spread into Presbyterian churches and even other denominations.

As Joe pointed out, there is a thread here where the subject was debated, albeit without much actual response from McMahon except his futile attempt to base everything he believes upon the WCF and hardly a mention off the Scriptures.

The doctrine denies most of the 5 Points of Calvinism, despite the loud and adamant protest against this charge by those who embrace this error of presumptive regeneration. Be that as it may, the facts speak for themselves. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> John 1:12, 13, all on its own, is enough to disprove the view. It's adherence build a very speculative case for their view through a maze of presuppositions and consecutive deductions which ends up as a "hyper-covenantalism", that is then used as the beginning presupposition. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/drop.gif" alt="" />

RonD and Jason1646 are the most vocal defenders of this view here. You might ask them to give you a defense for it.

My prayer is that you <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/flee.gif" alt="" /> from this stuff as fast as you can. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/evilgrin.gif" alt="" /> Perhaps Susan will share with you the long and arduous road she has traveled in dealing with this serious error?

In His Grace,

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