Paul's Passing Thoughts

“The carnage left behind by this doctrine has been bulldozed into landfills long enough.”

 “The Southwood parishioners only plead to be taught how to do that, but instead are scolded for clinging to the hope that we are not helpless in the sanctification process—that we can seize upon the promises of God by following him.”

A series by Paul and Susan Dohse

This will begin a new series on Southwood Presbyterian Church. I have perused the website that parishioners have constructed and received some messages as well. The picture is so graphic that I am compelled to go ahead and get this series started. It is a picture of why New Calvinism must be destroyed. I use that word, “destroyed” because that is the word that the apostle Paul used:

2 Corinthians 10:5

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

More information is coming out and there is much to write about, and Lord willing, I will because this situation is New Calvinism in action. The carnage left behind by this doctrine has been bulldozed into landfills long enough. The series will examine the fact that Larroux, like most New Calvinist pastors, is a classic antinomian. It will also discuss why the movement is spreading unabated, and what must be done to stop it. Happenings at Southwood are the why. Susan and I will also examine what the Presbytery could have done to stop the situation and enquire as to why they didn’t.

One thing becomes evident from the letters posted on Southwood info .com and examination of the sermon archives; like all New Calvinist pastors, Larroux incessantly presents the motif that all of human history continues to be awash in mankind’s attempts to please God by working hard. So called, “legalism,” a word that does not appear anywhere in the Scriptures. First, the Pharisees of the New Testament were antinomians; Christ said Himself that they were “lawless” on the inside and the outside, not just the outside. And legalism was hardly the problem in the Old Testament, and Satan certainly didn’t come to Eve as a legalist. Furthermore, the problem at Corinth was hardly “legalism” as well.

Moreover, the Whitney Houston funeral is indicative of the real problem: freebie grace on steroids. For more than a year, Larroux has insulted the intelligence of Southwood parishioners by proclaiming the mega-lie that the whole world lies in the lap of legalism and that he is the great one that has come to set them free. The truth of the matter is that the whole world already lies in the lap of what he teaches at Southwood weekly.  The cries heard in the Southwood letters only plead for one of  the apostle Paul’s definitions of sanctification:

1 Thessalonians 4:4

that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

The Southwood parishioners only plead to be taught how to do that, but instead are scolded for clinging to the hope that we are not helpless in the sanctification process—that we can seize upon the promises of God by following him. But no, instead, they hear that Christian walk  Christianity denies the cross. In essence, Larroux wants Southwood to become postmodern and stop believing that words mean things.

And no doubt, one of the goals of this series is to find out who the Presbyterian cowards are who have turned their back on these dear people. These people don’t even know me, but yet, I receive messages that are concerned for my own spiritual wellbeing in the midst of discernment ministry. These godly, loving people deserve better. When the information has been compiled, maybe a “PPT’s Top Ten Presbyterian Cowards”  is in order.

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