Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Brent Detwiler's Take On Mahaney's Fear and Flight from Gaithersburg, MD

Brent offers this interpretation of Mahaney's fear and flight from Covenant Life, Gaithersburg, MD at:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=695090287&ref=tn_tnmn#!/profile.php?id=100001057065862

Here's Brent:

"Thanks for your prayers. C.J. has now pulled away from Joshua, the pastors, and Covenant Life Church and doesn't want Ted Kober to help mediate. The CLC pastors were wise to refused a strict confidentiality agreement. That sent C.J. running. He doesn't want any of the correction he has received from them to get out. Instead, I think he is packing his bags and heading to Louisville to plant a church next to Southern Theological Seminary with Mohler's full support. I suspect Jeff Purswell will be offered a teaching position at the seminary also. Students will flock to hear C.J., sit at Jeff's feet and Al Mohler will be cheering them on."

2 comments:

Hudson said...

No offense, Phil, but who really cares about SGM? Anglicans? Reformed people? Is it not well known already that these guys are lightweight neo-calvinists at best? I must be missing something, but what's the point of beating this dead horse?

Reformation said...

Hudson:

1. Your point is noted and well-taken.

2. As for Confessional Churchmen, Mahaney-gate is a non-issue.

3. As for Prayer Book Churchmen and Church women, it is even more of a non-issue.

4. However, this scribe invested hours studying these Baptacostals. The value is this (no suprises): these whack-whits are worse than Confessionally Reformed and liturgical Churchmen know. They do very well to steer wide of them.

5. Having stated that, Mahaney is a T4Ger which is better than Rick Warren, who by one turn was featured with Bob Duncan at ACNA's hugfest. A fortiori, caveat emptor re: Bob from Pittsburg.

6. Having said the above, there is a warrant in inquiry of other perspectives. SGM never had an initial appeal. After a fuller review, they assuredly have less of an appeal.