Originally Posted by Tom
My guess as to why you are withholding your assessment is that you don't want to influence me. Which if true I can certainly understand, but as you probably know already we don't always agree.
For example I am a Credo-Baptist and you are a Paedo-Baptist. grin

I do have a question for you though. In your understanding of people that were mentioned in the article such as John Calvin & John Owen; did the author represent their take on the issue accurately?
1. My delayed assessment is only partially due to what you suggested. I also want to see what others think of the author's interpretation of John 3:16. The core interest is to see how many possess good hermeneutical and exegetical skills so as to "rightly divide/handle the word of truth" (2Tim 2:15). There also the matter of who reads discerningly. grin

2. To answer your question re: the author's representation of Calvin & Owen, that would be giving away part of my overall assessment of the author and what he wrote... would it not? Nice try!! [Linked Image]

3. True, Tom, we don't always agree. But disagreement is no justification to reject truth or embrace error, or to not continue to study God's infallible Word (Jh 8:31,32; 17:17). One of the first things one should learn is what the Bible teaches concerning its own proper method of study (hermeneutics) so that the truth we all claim to seek can be found. This is one of those particular areas which Satan is currently attacking the Church. There are quite a number of his minions out there who are leading thousands astray in our very day, e.g., Peter Enns.

Looking forward to your personal assessment and any/all other's comments on that article. bigglasses

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