What kind of Confession does your church embrace?

[FivePointCalvinist]

ECT constitutes nothing less than apostasy on the part of evangelicals who are willing to abandon the reformational recovery of the Gospel.

Bumped for PaladinValer.

 

[FivePointCalvinist]

My opponent has obviously abandoned his argument. I rest my case.

 

[Erinwilcox]

ECT constitutes nothing less than apostasy on the part of evangelicals who are willing to abandon the reformational recovery of the Gospel.

Amen. I couldn't believe that JI Packer signed that. Big disappointment. How many protestants died during the Reformation (due to martyrdom) for the very beliefs that the ECT now compromises?

 

[FivePointCalvinist]

J.I. Packer signed the ECT statement?

Where is this statement?

 

[FivePointCalvinist]

J.I. Packer signed the ECT statement?

Where is this statement?

Whoa..I found it.

I feel sick. J.I. Packer goes to my church and until just a few minutes ago, I respected him as a pretty incredible man of God.

Not if he commits this kind of blasphemy, though.

 

[StAnselm]

If he goes to your church - why don't you talk to him about it? I'm sure he has his own reasons...

 

[PuritanLady]

Whoa..I found it.

I feel sick. J.I. Packer goes to my church and until just a few minutes ago, I respected him as a pretty incredible man of God.

Not if he commits this kind of blasphemy, though.

What is the ECT?

 

[JJB]

Announced at a press conference on 3/29/94 was an ecumenical declaration titled "Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium" (ECT)

That was my question, too, PuritanLady. I did a google on Packer and came across this paragraph. Now, I'm off to google Evangelicals and Catholics Together.

 

[JJB]

http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9405/articles/mission.html

 

[Erinwilcox]

The ECT was the Evangelicals and Catholics Together document that many evangelical and Roman Catholic leaders. This might be helpful too-http://www.leaderu.com/ect/ect3.html-since it tells of a meeting since the signing.

 

[PuritanLady]

Thank you...off to do some research.

 

[Foundthelight]

R. C. Sproul has written at least two books blasting the ECT statement.

Getting the Gospel Right and Faith Alone.

I strongly recommend them.

 

[Paleoconservatarian]

R. C. Sproul has written at least two books blasting the ECT statement.

Getting the Gospel Right and Faith Alone.

I strongly recommend them.

I have read Faith Alone and also recommend it. Sproul's writing has helped a great deal in steering me away from the dangers of modern evangelical thought while I was yet a baby Christian.

 

[moretap]

So, Did/will you ask J.I. Packer why he signed it?

 

[Erinwilcox]

I don't know that I'd want to be in that position. . .but I'd be curious to know what you are going to do, too.

 

[McWilliams]

The book, Getting the Gospel Right by R.C. Sproul is from reports a great book on explaining the dangers and objections to the ECT. I just ordered one from Amazon, used for $2.44 and am most anxious to read it and know all the fine points of this issue! I was glad to read all the above post on this and have never really learned too much about it!

 

[McWilliams]

J.C. Ryle was a most favorite Anglican author of mine! His book 'Holiness' is just superb and his 'Warnings to the Churches' you'd think was written today!!
We did a study of John Bunyan's book, Prayer, which is his refuting of the Book of Common Prayer, or any kind of "form" prayer for that matter!
Our church holds to the LBC. We are reformed baptist and just last week changed our name to Founders Baptist to clarify who we are!
Blessings on your day today!

 

[lmnop9876]

why the fuss over ECT? it just states the facts as they are. does the fact that Evangelical Christians are talking to Vatican-Catholic Christians about the issues that divide and unite us make them cease to be Christians?

 

[Iosias]

We hold fast to the 39 Articles

 

[Jeshu]

Belgic Confession.
The Heidelberg Catechism.
The Canons of Dort.
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