Re: [asa] RE: In defense of Paul Seely

I have been following this with interest. I have always found classical
Calvinism strong on a high view of scripture without descending to
literalism. This is so even with Hodge and Warfield who go further on
Inerrancy than I do. The problem was in the late 19th and early 20th century
is that the popular fundamentalist (the ancestors of most American
evangelicals and of more influence in Britain than most Brits will admit!)
married up inerrancy with literalism associated with Dispensationalism which
gave a default literalist hermeneutic. I have always found much theology by
hiers of Fundamentalists far too literalsit eg Walvoord and thsoe associated
with Dallas and even much of the older theology associated with Wheaton etc.

It seems that Enns has developed this classic Calvinsim well but it runs
counter to what may be called "fundamentalist Calvinism". Even so I regard
both John Murray and EJ Young as a hardened Calvinism which had moved from
classic Princeton (and Edwards and the Dutch school) to absorb some
fundamentalism.

As I write this I find I am either echoing Noll's Scandal of the Evangelical
Mind or coming to the same conclusions (which I had).

The trouble is that the alternatives have often been seen a Fundamentalism
or some kind of wooly liberal.

Michael

I am sure Ted will have a comment or two.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Blinne" <rich.blinne@gmail.com>
To: "Duff,Robert Joel" <rjduff@uakron.edu>
Cc: "David Opderbeck" <dopderbeck@gmail.com>; <gmurphy@raex.com>; "Robert
Schneider" <rjschn39@bellsouth.net>; "Ted Davis" <tdavis@messiah.edu>;
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Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] RE: In defense of Paul Seely

> Thanks, Joel. I would like to underscore Barry's conservative
> credentials. He runs both the Reformed Theology Yahoo group and the
> Biblical exegesis Yahoo group. Here are his academic and professional
> credentials:
>
> I currently teach, mostly Bible and Theology (with an occasional
> computers science
> or church history thrown in for variety) at the Center for Urban
> Theological
> Studies in Philadelphia, PA. I majored in Classical and Hellenistic
> studies
> through the Masters level at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
> and
> Ohio State, and then switched to biblical/theological studies at
> Westminster
> Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1989, Th.M. in New Testament, 1992). I have
> off
> and on been working on a Ph.D. in historical theology, and now just have
> the
> pesky dissertation to complete (seems I've been saying that for way too
> long).
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