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Postscript: I wish I had read the Roche article in the early days of my exposure to the whole dismal, cultic, “aggressive” passel of rascals. This article is very personal, necessarily so because of Roche’s time with theonomy and its offspring, and it is passionate, but I see it as researched and reasoned. Roche seems clearly saddened and uncomfortable with the conclusions his faith and integrity drove him to draw. I am one of those for whom this school of thought was originally appealing, but on closer study and under sound and faithful preaching and teaching, I came into the safe harbor of orthodox, covenantal, confessional Reformed belief.
I don’t agree with Roche about everything but this piece is invaluable for it’s account of the early years of the movement, the personalities, the history, the clashes etc.
I echo TW’s comment and thank him. I am baffled by the “aggressive” growth. I would have thought the unkind, brutal rhetoric and the history would have been enough to warn people off. Perhaps this is another example of people making gods in the image of what they want to worship, an exaggerated form of themselves.
L
Excellent expose of this heresy that Meredith Kline (and mainline orthodox Reformed churches) historically have fought so valiantly against Norman Shepherd and others of that ilk.
FV fits nicely into Christian nationalism and historic nomism. Christ’s Kirk need the sounding of this trumpet every few months as it continues to grow aggressively as the foremost frontal assault of our Reformed Faith!
Thank you for another expose well done!!
Thank you Terry.
In Meet the Theonomists Thomas P. Roche is giving us an account of the founders of the Federal Vision. The overlap in the who’s who is fascinating. Theonomy and the FV are twins.