Carlo Rose wrote:
> Ed,
>  
> In my opinion, rather than focusing on whether you agree with a man 
> who sins of because of doctrinal error, I think this should send a 
> chill upon all our own spines.  I don't know if anyway believes they 
> are absolutely right on every single doctrinal issue.  The chilling 
> part of what RC Sproul was saying was that any doctrinal error is sin 
> - what's worse, if you teach it (whether in church, family, 
> etc.) that's worse. 
>  
I completely agree.  I was trying to illustrate what I considered the 
absurdity of the absoluteness of his statement with an absurdity.  I 
would say that in some sense he is correct in that it is wrong to teach 
what is unBiblical and that is indeed false teaching, but as the 
well-worn saying goes, whenever you point a finger at someone, three are 
pointing back at you.

All doctrines are of man, and therefore are inherently fallible.  I 
would suspect that R.C. Sproul would find any teaching outside of the 
WCF to be of doctrinal error.  But those on this list would find many 
things to take issue with in his doctrinal stance and if we were to take 
the same position as he does, we could not consider him worthy of 
listening to or reading.

But I suppose this further explains his comments about JGR a few years 
ago.  R.C. needs to read Al Mohler's essay of a few years ago on 
theological triage.

-- Ed