Paul's Passing Thoughts

I have compiled a lot of transcripts for a future post that will address the T4G/TGC damage control crew of  Kevin DeYoung, Jerry Wragg, and Mike Fabarez. Oh, and due to this post by Rick Phillips, I will add him to the list.

The Rick Phillips post confirms my position: Tchividjian was given the boot for his views on sanctification, which trust me, are the exact same as the rest of that bunch. Again, their problem with Tchividjian is the fact that he isn’t nuanced enough. All of the jargon about New Calvinists (the contemporary expression of authentic Calvinism) believing in obedience, effort in sanctification, etc., is disingenuous and for the most part outright deception.

Since Phillips wrote some real whoppers in his post, I will use it as a basis for the article which I hope to post by the first of next week. For instance, on the one hand, and per their modus operandi, Phillips claims to endorse obedience, effort, etc., in sanctification by…

the power of grace through faith in Christ.

Got that? “Grace” is code for justification. “Through faith in Christ” is code for faith alone in sanctification. These lying hypocrites believe in sanctification by justification just like Tchividjian does. The blog that Phillips writes for, Reformation 21, also proffers the traditional Reformed view of mortification and vivification which is also exactly what Tchividjian believes. Through “deep repentance,” or a “lifestyle of repentance,” viz, mortification, we EXPERINCE vivification which is the joy of our original salvation. It’s not us doing the actual obedience, we are only experiencing it. The language used is usually, “we are transformed into Christ’s image” etc. It is the mere experience of “spiritual transformation” and “heart change.” If you note the words they use carefully, they don’t actually say that we change.

Though I have a lot on my plate right now, I can’t let this treachery go unchallenged. These guys don’t believe anything different than Tchividjian. Lord willing, I will make the case next week.

paul