it would be in my opinion and feeling that Norman Shepard, if he should logically continue to expand the position as set forth in all of his documents, would ultimately come to a position like that of Osiander and perhaps even close to that of the Council of Trent, probably without the exact language, although he seems to delight in using the Roman phrases in regard to the nature of grace…
—C. Gregg Singer to O. Palmer Robertson and Paul Settle, October 23, 1979.
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He is professor emeritus of church history and historical theology at Westminster Seminary California, where he taught for 29 years. He also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007 and the Heidelcast since 2009.
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Well, the guy was only a basketball coach rather than a theologian, wasn’t he? On the other hand, both he and Osiander are dead, whereas Norman Shepherd is still alive, so at least in that sense he IS closer to Osiander.