The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum "The Merger of Calvinism with Worldliness"

Johan,

Funny that I replied to John_C without seeing that you had already responded in which you brought up the matter of the confessions which are succinct vs. modern statements of faith which are ambiguous or many times contrary to them.

There is another matter to consider also which is often overlooked. There are those who do quote directly from the confessions but who deny what the confessions teach in practice. A good example which is all too common today is where a group claims to adhere to the Westminster Confession but in their evangelism uses the "Four Spiritual Laws". Or, just as common are those who again claim to embrace one of the major confessions of the Reformation but in their evangelism refuse to speak of original sin, man's total depravity/inability, God's wrath and judgment, and/or the necessity of repentance of sin. They use dumb-downed language so as to not offend anyone and which is more in-line with their worldly methodologies.

In His grace,