With all the digital ink that’s been spilled surrounding The Elephant
Room 2, it’s been difficult (and a bit wearisome!) trying to keep up
with everything. I thought that I would give it my best shot to corral
some of the most helpful, and some of the most telling, commentary on
the whole situation into a single spot.
Because of the scope of the event, this post will be quite lengthy.
Nevertheless, I hope it will be a benefit to those interested in the
issues.
In Anticipation
- Pretty soon after MacDonald came out endorsing “manifestations” as classical Trinitarian language (which comments have since been revised), Carl Trueman got the ball rolling by asking, “Is Nicene Christianity Important?” Surely not a sign of good things to come.
- A few days later The Cripplegate’s own Nathan Busenitz wrote about the history of the modalist heresy and the history of Jakes’ involvement with modalism.
- Challies followed up the next day with a round-up of where the issues stood at that point. He asked poignant questions that unfortunately would have to be answered in the negative: “Will these men be willing to ask him very difficult, very nuanced, very penetrating questions? … And I don’t mean for the other participants to ask a question that essentially says, ‘You’re not a modalist, right?’ but an honest, searching, penetrating series of questions that will address this concern head-on and will not stop until it is settled. Jakes has given us legitimate cause to be concerned, cause enough to go no further until answers are given. Until that question is settled, nothing else really matters.” Continue at
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