More Klinean confusion - 12 October 2011 |
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Part 2 of some highlights from the recent Study Day on the Doctrine of Scripture at London Theological Seminary’s John Owen Centre with Garry Williams:
Theological / metaphysical basis of the covenantal character of Scripture
- Another Klinean error: “The Old Testament is not the canon of the Christian church.” “A distinction thus arises for the Christian church between canon and Scripture.”
- GW: “I think this is to confuse the old covenant qua covenant and the text of the Old Testament.” It is better “to argue that the canonicity of the whole OT remains even if its role within the covenant changes.”
- GW: Take the sacrificial laws. They change from being directly binding for the present as covenant stipulation of life-form, to being binding as the promise and prophecy that describes the work of the covenant mediator. The commandments relating to the sacrifices were canonical as prescriptions for the OT people of God. For us they are canonical not as stipulations (in which sense they are indeed obsolete) but as historical prologue, as part of the description of what Christ has already done. They retain their place in the covenant treaty with the church, but their role within that treaty has shifted.
- It’s amazing what the Klineans get away with given the accusations they level at others.
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