Comments on: Michael Horton on the Young, Restless, and Reformed http://ryanlwentzel.com/2010/04/23/michael-horton-on-the-young-restless-and-reformed/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ryan http://ryanlwentzel.com/2010/04/23/michael-horton-on-the-young-restless-and-reformed/#comment-30 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:24:11 +0000 http://ryanlwentzel.com/?p=412#comment-30 Unfortunately most of the discussion is taking place on Facebook. Maybe I’ll copy and paste some of it into the body of the post.

]]> By: Spencer http://ryanlwentzel.com/2010/04/23/michael-horton-on-the-young-restless-and-reformed/#comment-29 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:32:22 +0000 http://ryanlwentzel.com/?p=412#comment-29 BTW a correction on my post I meant to say “I am NOT absolutely married to the term reformed” :)

]]> By: Spencer http://ryanlwentzel.com/2010/04/23/michael-horton-on-the-young-restless-and-reformed/#comment-28 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:59:28 +0000 http://ryanlwentzel.com/?p=412#comment-28 I find it interesting to see his distinction there. I guess I feel like I am absolutely married to the term Reformed so Evangelical Calvinist works just fine. The problem I see though is that he the covenantal groups that he speaks of don’t all agree on the Lord’s Supper or even the effects of baptism (Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians). I guess the fact that they hold the same form puts them in the same camp but if he’s seeking a much deeper solidarity of theology to be able to be called Reformed (and thus exclude Baptists for example) then I think he’d have to say that Lutherans who believe in baptismal regeneration and consubstantiation are holding a different position than he is. For the most part I can agree with Presbyterians on everything except the mode and somewhat the meaning of baptism and their form of church government. Granted within each group you’re going to find people who hold to calling themselves one thing while what they actually hold to on any particular issue may vary to one degree or another. So I think people who hold to the tenants of the protestant reformation have every right to call themselves Reformed in the tradition of the reformation, I mean, if you qualify to the Nth degree, you end up with a slogan like the US Army….. a theology of ONE ;) After all, I’m not a dispensationalist!

Those are my ranting and raving, and I love Horton BTW great guy.

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