Sir: Dr Allan Clifford (Issue 7780) wants a New Reformation, built on his own mixture of Amyraldism, legal, fictive justification and works-righteousness, arguing that the old Biblical Reformation was wrong. I am suspicious of Clifford’s lip-rejection of Rome and denounce his false Protestantism. Clifford’s atonement is not the Biblical-Reformed doctrine on which our reconciliation, …
Posts Tagged Self-Righteous
Clifford’s New Reformation
Dec 11
… it was said by them of old time..... But I say unto you.” Here, Jesus points out that the self-righteous have selected a law, dis-attached it from its clear, wider, spiritual meaning, and, feeling that they have kept to the very letter, judge themselves righteous enough if not righteous over-much! We can take Matthew 5:28 as a fitting example.
“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Though shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you that whosoever looketh …
“This is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” Jeremiah 23:6
“…… to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” II Peter 1:1
Present day evangelicals tend to believe that the fierce Calvinist-Arminian controversy of the eighteenth century was merely a question of whether …
This year’s Siegwinden Conference (Germany), held from 24th-26th February, experienced a great drop in the standards of teaching which it has come to appreciate over the years. The main speaker, Philip Eveson, a Bible College Principal and reputed to be a Reformed man, proved a wolf in sheep’s clothing and openly declared himself to be a contender against the reformed faith. …
The March/April, 1999 number of Reformation Today features four articles on John Gill. The first, entitled John Gill – a Sketch of his Life , is a succinctly written biography of Gill’s faithful a nd productive life in the service of the gospel. Next, Editor Errol Hulse continues with John Gill – An Appreciation , presented as a review of The Life and Thought of John …
The March/April, 1999 number of Reformation Today features four articles on John Gill. The first, entitled John Gill – a Sketch of his Life , is a succinctly written biography of Gill’s faithful and productive life in the service of the gospel. Next, Editor Errol Hulse continues with John Gill – An Appreciation , presented as a review of The Life and Thought of John Gill …
… of self-righteousness and pharisaical lumber”. Following the example of this book produced a self-righteous man of manners and morals who believed in keeping a stiff upper lip, ‘playing the game’ and doing his duty to God and society. It is interesting to note, that it was Fuller’s intention to make Christians ‘respectable’ that influenced his theology so much.
A second trend which influenced the theology of the day was the rationalism of the so-called Enlightenment. …
Banner of Truth Trust, £11:50
A long hoped-for sign from the Banner of Truth
New Divinity, alias New England theology, modified Calvinism radically. Its adherents, termed Edwardeans, took the go-ahead from Jonathan Edwards, hence their nick-name. However, they drew conclusions from Edward’s highly philosophical view of man, that were wildly speculative. This …
Dear Brother J.,
Thank you so much for your detailed analysis of my attempt to illustrate saving faith as opposed to duty-faith. You brought many coals to Newcastle for me and your Athens-bound ships were full of wise old owls, all of which were welcome. It is good to find that though you may disagrees with me on terms, we have so very much agreement on contents, though we are only …
The Atonement
Aug 17
The Atonement in Evangelical Thought: Part I
The New-Look in Neo-Evangelicalism
Enemies of the Word of God tend to develop their theories along lines of general fashion. One generation chooses to challenge the Sonship of Christ whereas another generation fixes its doubting gaze on the work of the Spirit. In one age it is fashionable to be social-minded, another age chooses to be …
