I appreciate your philosophy as outlined above, Jon. It is essentially the same as mine. I suppose we might apply it differently at different points, but in the main I think your view is biblical. From some of your comments, it appeared to me that was the way you were thinking anyway.

My post here is not critical of what you are doing, but it was interesting to me to run across this in Newell while seeing this discussion going on at your place. And we have discussed it elsewhere before, I think on Chris A.’s site and maybe a couple of other places.

Newell, though, just stirs me up! I am sure his commentaries may well not be thought to be politically correct by some these days, but he is forthright in his opinions, and faithful in his exposition. He fits perfectly into my oxgoad mindset.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

I am amazed by the extent to which so-called evangelicals in our fair city will define the gospel almost entirely in terms of social action or social justice. And to propose to them, as you have, that the social gospel is not Biblically accurate, is nearly incomprehensible to them. I would like to be charitable and not charge them with preaching another gospel, but more and more, I wonder…..

No, I don’t know of anything specific. But reading Newell in conjunction with the comments of others was refreshing. A breath of fresh air instead of the bafflegab we seem to get these days from supposed fundamentalists.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3