[soundofgrace] Re: [soundofgrace] John Armstrong

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From: "Ian Major" <ian.major@...>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:37:04 +0100
Terry said: 'Don't shout me down, just 'cause I'm preachin' good!'


Amen. Preach it, Brother!  :0)

Ian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Rayburn" <terryrayburn@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] John Armstrong 


> John Armstrong has already for some time embraced the
> neo-legalist New Perspective of Paul, so it is a fairly small
> step to Romanist sympathies.
> 
> The key error is the simple biblical truth that to add works of
> any kind to grace, makes it no longer grace (Rom. 11:6).  This
> is true whether speaking of *initial* salvation, or *keeping*
> salvation (perseverance).
> 
> See my blog at:
> http://tinyurl.com/dz2wf
> 
> As long as one understands and maintains the purity of Sola
> Gratia, by Grace Alone, much of the trend towards New
> Perspective, Auburnism, Romanism, etc. will be avoided.  But
> when legalism (which is really the self-righteousness of the
> flesh) rears it's ugly head, the gospel will be dragged in the
> dirt.
> 
> By the way, a core ingredient of this slide has always been
> infant baptism, by far the biggest lingering mistake of the
> Reformers---an infection with no antibiotic except the Word of
> God, which the traditions of men have made of none effect in way
> too many circles.
> 
> Don't shout me down, just 'cause I'm preachin' good!
> 
> Terry Rayburn
> Clarksville, Tennessee
> 
> 
> --- Ian Major <ian.major@...> wrote:
>> Dear Sounders
>> 
>> I've just read this article by John Armstrong and I'm grieved
>> to see another noted 'Evangelical', 'Reformed' leader embrace
>> Romanism as true Christianity.  Is this a trend in Reformed
>> circles in the US?  What about in Sovereign Grace/ NCT
>> circles?  
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.reformationrevival.com/ArticlesDetail.asp?id=6
>> 
>> In Him
>> 
>> Ian
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