{"id":83494,"date":"2019-07-07T18:46:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T22:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=83494"},"modified":"2019-07-07T18:47:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T22:47:46","slug":"scott-sauls-the-nashville-statement-the-airing-of-differences-and-the-state-of-the-pca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=83494","title":{"rendered":"(Scott Sauls) The Nashville Statement, the Airing of Differences, and the State of the PCA"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all must become \u201cdouble majors\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on various factors such as wiring and experience and personal bias and the theological tribes we run with, some of us are prone to \u201cmajor\u201d in doctrinal precision and \u201cminor\u201d in pastoral tone. Likewise, others of us major and minor in the same things, but in the reverse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our shared task, as iron sharpens iron, is for all of us to become <\/span>double-majors<\/em> <\/span>who are equally filled with truth and grace, with law and love, with repentance and kindness, with mortification and compassion, with moral clarity and discernible empathy\u2026just as our Lord Jesus was.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is enough,\u201d our King has told us, \u201cfor the servants to be like their Master.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There is good reason to be encouraged<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of the PCA\u2019s 40% minority, I don\u2019t think the Nashville Statement is the ideal Statement for us (see video link above). However, I am still more encouraged coming out of our Assembly than I am discouraged. In some ways, I am more optimistic about the PCA\u2019s future than I\u2019ve ever been. I believe that we are, warts and all, still one of the healthiest denominations in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do I believe this? First, each and every one of us maintains a high view of Scripture. Second, we all want to shepherd and serve, faithfully and lovingly, those who are impacted by sexual sin and brokenness. Third, while some of us are talking past each other, the majority of us are talking to<\/em> each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pride destroys the ability to weep with those who weep. Instead it\u2019s the reverse. We weep when others rejoice and rejoice when others weep. @scottsauls<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/NvYHxneafV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Covenant Seminary (@CovSeminary) January 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n