In his article, Rome Won’t Have Me, Rick Lusk writes,

In no way do I believe that our works produce or cause our justification. In no way do I suggest our works satisfy God’s justice or form the ground of the favorable verdict we receive. These things shouldn’t even come up for discussion; they’re not on the table with the AAT as far as I can tell.

I couldn’t agree with him more, and I’ve found myself saying the exact same thing on many occasions over the past few years. Let us hope that he will actually be believed. But, judging from the track record of those he is defending against, I don’t have much hope.

The fact is, it just doesn’t matter. He, and other “Federal Visionaries”, have been given the rotten “Romish” label, and that settles it. To paraphrase one actual reply to Douglas Wilson’s teaching, “he can affirm sola fide til he’s blue in the face, but a heap of dung by any other name smells just as foul.” The decison has already been made, and now all they have to do is prove it. And, of course, their method of proving it is by going through FV teachings, picking out the quotes they don’t like and ignoring everything else. Or, if it isn’t ignored, it is flatly denied as being honest.

I think we’ve got something to learn

Blurring the “Federal Vision” : A Reply to Michael Horton

Rome Won’t Have Me

41 days! That’s soon!

Here’s a little sound clip of a fun event from April 17, 2000 at Taylor University. Those of you that know Andy Peterson will really love it…