The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian

Thanks for your insights.

NPP is as you say more widespread and dangerous to the church as a whole. FV/AA with its hyper-covenentalism is more localized to the Reformed. If you do any reading on Wilkins, one of the main front-men, his background comes from Theonomy. His citings of Bahnsen in his writings are frequent. So, I still stick to my guns that a Theonomic background led to FV/AA.

Why do FV/AA intersect with NPP? Is it because that NPP has a wider audience and its questioning of sola faith is attracted to the FV/AA's who want to put everything in the context of the covenant.

I just don't think the PCA has any worries over these theologies except for the possible loss of 20-25% of its congregations who has been battling the majority for years on issues such as the worship wars and Theonomy. Now those 20-25% congregations need to be extremely careful that they do not go over into heretical teaching. That is probably your concern, but sadly to say, many would say good riddance. The constant discontent and insistent barking makes for the loss of emphathy. FYI, Wilkins was ready to leave the PCA 4-6 years ago until he was talked out it from his friends at Greenville Presbyterian Seminary. That is why I say it is a intramural in-fight.