TRUTH is still important to some: PPT’s Top Ten Truth Warriors
10.5 Richard Barcellos
Contribution: “In Defense of the Decalogue.” Confronts New Covenant Theology.
Denomination: Reformed Baptist
Ministry association with Tom Ascol.
10. Sam Waldron
Contribution: Contends against New Covenant Theology.
Denomination: Reformed Baptist
Ministry association with Tom Ascol.
9. Mike Fabarez
Contribution: Aggressive Sanctification blog. Church has strong view of exegesis/(8) distinctives.
Denomination: Non-Denominational
Has at least one New Calvinist elder on staff, but in his defense, I don’t think he is aware of it.
8. Chad VanDixhoorn
Contribution: Wrote a notable treatise against Sonship Theology when most were asleep at the switch.
Denomination: Presbyterian
7. Timothy F. Kauffman
Contribution: Trinity Review; Jan-Mar 2012 Sanctification, Half Full: The Myopic Hermeneutic of the “Grace” Movement (Maybe the best article ever written on the subject).
Denomination: Presbyterian
6. Jason Hood
Contribution: Writings against sanctification by justification/Gospel Sanctification
Denomination: United Methodist
5. Terry Johnson
Contribution: Strongly opposes Sonship Theology. Seems to care more about the truth than keeping friends.
Denomination: Presbyterian
4. Dr. Peter Masters
Contribution: Has been very outspoken against New Calvinism specifically and names the names.
Denomination: Calvinistic Baptist
3. Cynthia Kunsman
Contribution: Spiritual abuse/cult specialist. Researches theological movements. Under Much Grace blog
Denomination: Non-Denominational Evangelical Reformed
2. Donn Arms
Contribution: Director of the Institute for Nouthetic Studies. Gatekeeper of the truly orthodox “first generation of biblical counseling.”
Denomination: Calvinistic Baptist
1. Dr. Jay E. Adams
Contributions: “Biblical Sonship: An Evaluation of the Sonship Discipleship Course.” Opponent of Gospel Sanctification and author of the INS Gospel Sanctification archives. Author of over 100 books on the subject of sanctification.
Denomination: Presbyterian
2012 PPT’s Top Ten Heretics of Our Day
10. Ligon Duncan
Heresy: Sonship Theology
Denomination: Presbyterian
9. Paul Washer
Heresy: Gospel Sanctification
Denomination: Southern Baptist
8. Al Mohler
Heresy: Gospel Sanctification
Denomination: Southern Baptist
7. CJ Mahaney
Heresy: Gospel Sanctification
Denomination: Reformed Charismatic
6. David Powlison
Heresy: Sonship Theology
Denomination: Presbyterian
5. Elyse Fitzpatrick
Heresy: Antinomianism, Gospel Sanctification
Denomination: Reformed Evangelical
4. Michael Horton
Heresy: Progressive Adventism, Antinomianism, Gospel Contemplationism
Denomination: United Reformed
3. John Piper
Heresy: Progressive Adventism, Antinomianism, Gospel Contemplationism
Denomination: Reformed Baptist
2. Tullian Tchividjian
Heresy: Hyper-Antinomianism, Gospel Sanctification, Gospel Contemplationism
Denomination: Presbyterian
1. Tim Keller
Heresy: Contemplative Spirituality, Spiritual Mysticism, Gospel Contemplationism, Sonship Theology
Denomination: Presbyterian
Paul Washer’s Objective Gateway to Infinite Subjectivity and Ambiguity
The Gospel Coalition has a sub-website called the “Objective Gospel.” Sound familiar? Does it remind you of “the centrality of the objective gospel”? That was the Australian Forum’s core doctrine, and Robert Brinsmead claims that the doctrine was original with them as far as being rediscovered truth from the original Reformation.
One of the tenets of the Forum was the idea that knowledge about the gospel of justification was infinite because it is about the person of Jesus Christ and not data. By the way, this is also the position of the Emergent Church that New Calvinists pretend to be against. It starts with the objective idea that the Bible is about justification only, but then proceeds to say that knowledge of it is infinite—clearly paving the way to teach anything they want to; such as, the total depravity of the saints, the scream of the damned, repentance from good works, etc.
Paul's Passing Thoughts 
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