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I’m going to go against my own better judgment and respond to you.

The way I understood iconoclast remarks were that people need to read what prior saints have written. As I have said, the errors repeat themselves throughout time. It is rare to find some issue today that hasn’t already been addressed at some time in the past.

Owen is so will reasoned and thoroughly biblical that any Christian would gain much from reading his works, even when find you disagree with him.

And “deficiency” is found in thinking you don’t need to understand how the issues have already been addressed by Godly men and women who devoted themselves to understanding scripture and spent their lives in deep thought and fellowship with God.

BTW, why do you see it as a bad thing that he is seeking to clarify his statement? What he meant, according to his explanation, is not what you claim he meant. Judging from both of your responses (going right past each other) you both believe it’s important to read what others have written.

What not just shake hands, acknowledge you agree on some things and move on.

peace to you

 

That is exactly what you are doing
Lol.i said you were doing damage control..4x and now you try and do what I did quoting your posts...nice try.

 

Where exactly is this post with which I'm supposed to have agreed? @Iconoclast has written

With this I firmly agree,

 

No you're just trying to reword things and change it around and twist it as usual. I did show earlier this morning in a detailed post exactly what you do and I'll do it again later I deleted it by accident trying to add in something that I said the other day that you said wasn't true but I'll do it again later I'll take the time because everyone is noticing exactly what you do now so it's hard for you to hide it when we when I say to you 4 times you're doing damage control and this thread is another attempt at damage control You turn it around to all know hes doing damage to construct a whole trying to cover up the fact that you've been caught and exposed. What you're saying now is not what you said before and if that's before and it's obvious to everyone they read the other post you forget that but I don't I remember you said those things could you said most of them to me or Martin Martin and some of the other Calvinist on this board

 

I answered your post this morning that would delete it by accident but I will redo it later on and show exactly what I was saying.

 

Last week I posted about 20 posts using John c's words and he reacted against them he thought they were stupid and then I pointed out that I'm just using your words that you said to me and I'm saying I'm saying I'm back to you. Now imitation is the best form of flattery so I think John is attempting to do a similar thing trying to use my words that I said to him about damage control and he now is trying to say it's the same thing.lol

 

So if an author is old, then not worth ever reading?

 

He is an example, just like a Calvin, or a Boyce, or a Gill!

 

So true, many would just pick up Institutes and just refuse to attempt to read it at all, as to old, as per JpnC here!

 

that what was good theology back then is not any longer today?

 

Not just him, believe they were saying many older authors!

 

JonC seems to be stating that we cannot read for profit any author not name in the scriptures then?

 

You stated earlier that Owen and others would not be profitable to read with scriptures, correct?

 

We can and should read with discernment the likes of a Sproul or of a Calvin, or a Berkhof, as though some issues did disagree, still much meat to chew on!