And I Thought Things Were Interesting Before…
Doug Wilson posted an article detailing three reasons why he believes there ever was a controversy over the Federal Vision. Here’s a little flavor:
First, the commitment of the historic Reformed groups to the doctrine of six day creation has gone wobbly, and the FV controversy has had two beneficial side effects for those who are cool with that wobbliness. The first is that the FV folks are, taking one thing with another, much more conservative on these questions of creation. For just one example, consider Jim Jordan’s Creation in Six Days. To bring the most likely critics of the wobble under suspicion on other grounds makes the denominations free to continue in their wobbly ways. The second side effect is that if you chase people out of your denomination for “denying the gospel of justification by faith alone,” that sure looks like something a conservative would do. So the people doing it must be “conservative” — even though they have in effect given away the store on the question of origins.
Read the rest here. Can’t be long until the story develops — what do you think? Is the FV controversy a smoke screen? Is Wilson’s post itself a smokescreen?
Justification is by faith + nothing, and many respected anti-FV folks suggest that Wilson doesn’t share this view. I find myself torn. I have a hard time w\ the vitriol I see for Wilson. His writing has helped me understand the Christian Faith immensely. I’ve never actually read any of the faith + arguments that Wilson is credited with holding, but perhaps I’ve just not reading the right (wrong?) books?
