Professor John Frame

A little leaven

I admit to being quite ignorant of this guy before he took the path he did. I heard his name mentioned as it all evolved and used to occassionally visit a new website he had set up to set forth his what seemed now revised views, and rather opposed to orthodox presbyterianism, and he seemed to be one of the forerunners of a presbyterian theologian veering towards Rome, and shortly afterward the NAT controversy sprung up. However, because of my lack of knowledge in this area, (believe it or not, the NAT is not alive and kicking in the UK which probably shows how far away from Presbyterianism we are simply by that fact alone) I am not willing to link his name with the New Auburn theology controversy, as a fact, as I simply don't know.

However, what I do know, after doing some reading on Presbyterianism, both historic and current teachers who are trying to modify or alter it in some ways, is that I am not the greatest logician in the world, anyone who knows me would affirm that, but, some of the the views he is putting forward as an opponent of historic presbyerianism and as one of the leading opponents against the RPW as defined in the WCF, is that when you look at Scripture and also study further with the use of the orthodox creeds and standards, is that his views simply do not stand up, and to me at least, seem somewhat illogical. Even down to the way of applying Scripture to life or not. Which may be the pot calling the kettle black, but its still true. Professor Frame, as a leading theolgion today who is trying to modify the way we interpret both Scripture and the churches creeds, is doing much of what was done in the presbyterian church years ago. Some speaker of some renown would get up, in the orthodox presbyterian church, and say, he had a new name for something, it meant the same thing, but was just slightly different, but it was still Biblical and that's the way liberalism crept into the presbyterian church of America and made the different off-shoots of it so divided. Which is why you have the ones who still hold to historic presbyteriansim who would have a fit at the thought of ordaining a homosexual gay mininster, while other, more liberal branches of it positively endorse it in the name of God and love. Yet nowhere in Scripture does God condone any such thing and actually calls the lifestyle an abomination to Him. But a little leaven creeps in, and it infects the whole loaf. Which tho my knowledge is from many thousands of miles away, and not as easily understandable as researching such things as in ones own country, but Professor frame and his co-horts are also adding a little leaven to the loaf, and with his name and repute, many people will be influenced. But, when reading or seeing what some of these teachers are saying, I would suggest also reading how Arminianism was introduced by Erasmus and his cohorts, it was in a very similar fashion. A little leaven sometimes, turns into a dirty great lump of dough that is totally unpalatable, and unable to be moulded like clay, as the whole counsel of God enables, but adding to it, or negating part of it, can only nullify. For further reading (with caution) of Professor Frame's views I would suggest perhaps "Christian life" |