Ignorance+Power=Trouble
Dr. Falwell is at it again. He recently declared that those who hold to limited atonement are guilty of holding a heretical teaching. Tom Ascol at Founders Ministry has a penetrating commentary on this ridiculous claim on the Founders Minstry Blog.
This must mean that he and Liberty believe that those who hold to particular atonement to be heretics. Among the countless numbers of people whom he would brand with the H-word are many who would make any evangelical Who's who list (including Bunyan, Owen, Whitefield, Spurgeon, Carey, Boyce, Mell, Dagg and Lloyd-Jones, to name but a few of the dead ones). I find this sad.
Does Jerry Falwell and Liberty University really judge John Piper to be a heretic? If we take his words seriously, as surely we ought if we are to honor him, then he believes that Al Mohler, R.C. Sproul, John MacArthur, D. James Kennedy, Ligon Duncan, Mark Dever, Tom Nettles, Wayne Grudem, Sinclair Ferguson, James White and Fred Malone teach heresy.
I for one don't care to be labeled as holding heretical views by Dr. Falwell, who holds a position of prominence in the Christian world. If he is serious about this claim, he should name names and publicly speak out against contemporary Christians in the SBC as heretical teachers. If he does not, he should repent and recant, and apologize. I won't hold my breath waiting for the apology.
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