Out of Egypt:

Hyperbolic? I hope...

"We have grown so used to losing our children to unbelief that we have begun to expect it. We expect apostasy so much that we grow skeptical of children who do not abandon the faith."

- Ben Merkle, in Credenda/Agenda

Is this really true? I hope not. I never expected that I would lose my faith, nor that my friends from church would. And neither has happened, nor (Lord willing) will happen. Is my church just that much better than the average? Or is Credenda using hyperbole?

As an aside: I just started reading Credenda again, since I've been looking at Leithart's blog recently, and thought it was the next logical step :) I've been impressed and have agreed with more than I thought possible. If it can be said, I think they're doing a good work except for their "Federal Vision" opposition to the Law/Gospel hermeneutic, their support of paedocommunion (though after today's communion service at North Shore I'm beginning to wonder about my own views on that subject), their heads-of-household voting scheme, and their separation from any Reformed denominational bodies. Is it possible to support a group of people in any meaningful sense when you think they're doing so much wrong? I suppose so; after all, I support myself, and I can only guess how much wrong I'm doing.

Oh, that last comment of yours put my wife and I in stitches! How true (of us too, I mean). Sorry to just drop in like this, but I should let you know that I enjoy your blog - I just usually don't comment.

Peace.

Posted by: Wayne at March 1, 2005 11:01 PM

No problem :) Glad to hear from you again. I sometimes wonder if my readers from the "old ages" still come around sometimes, or if the more personal, less intellectual turn that my blog took after I recovered from my manic episode turned them off. It's good to know it didn't in some cases.

Posted by: Evan Donovan at March 2, 2005 1:34 AM