tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post3333250159423735237..comments2024-03-07T06:52:34.516+00:00Comments on Exiled Preacher: Don Carson on "What is Evangelicalism?" (1)Guy Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-50329010524219353622007-06-13T08:04:00.000+01:002007-06-13T08:04:00.000+01:00I'm glad you appreciated at lest some aspects of C...I'm glad you appreciated at lest some aspects of Carson's presentation. But I don't think that he was being disingenuous. The gospel is ethically universal. In the proclamation of gospel, Christ is also offered to all. But as DAC put it, <I>The Gospel is Personal</I>. The Corinthians were saved as those who received and stood in the gospel (15: 1&2). To reject the gospel is to reject salvation from the wrath and judgement of God.Guy Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-38477884025345182542007-06-13T01:11:00.000+01:002007-06-13T01:11:00.000+01:00I can heartily agree to those material principles....I can heartily agree to those material principles. There's some really good stuff there. But I do find it more than a bit disingenuous to say that the gospel is universal but then to follow this by essentially saying that it's not. <BR/><BR/>This is one of the major internal inconsistencies within the history of the church. What is the extent of the gospel? Who are included in Christ? Is the gospel a potential reality for all that each person must actualize for him- or herself? Or is the gospel an actual reality for a protologically determined few from which the rest are simply excluded? Or is there another way to think about this that upholds the universality of the gospel (as Carson rightly notes) without making the actualization of the gospel dependent upon the individual? <BR/><BR/>Of course, I think there is a better way. In the meantime, I think the material principles (apart from Carson's content) are an excellent exposition of this gospel.David W. Congdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009330707703611224noreply@blogger.com