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John,

I was at WTS (Philadelphia), when the professor in question, Norman Shepherd, was removed from his teaching position at the seminary. Many of us had the opportunity to discuss these novel ideas with Prof. Shepherd during our time there. It was very obvious to me and not myself only, that Shepherd's view was one that changed the doctrine of Justification by Faith from that which was formulated during the Protestant Reformation and took on a form which was more akin to that hold by Rome.

His views were not taught thereafter at the seminary, however, in recent days, a couple (or more?) very highly-respected professors there, e.g., Dr. Richard Gaffin, have "come out of the closet" and have now made it public that they agree with Shepherd's views. I am not privy, however, to whether Gaffin is actually teaching these heretical views at the seminary or if any other professor there is doing so either. But the fact that there are teachers at the school that are sympathetic with Shepherd and his views is more than disturbing to me.

John Armstrong is a professing Calvinistic Baptist who publishes a monthly magazine called, The Reformation and Revival Journal. He mainly writes books and travels around speaking at various conferences. You can visit his website here: http://www.randr.org.

In His Grace,