{"id":311,"date":"2009-04-13T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T09:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/04\/the-irony-of-the-young-restles.html"},"modified":"2009-04-13T09:59:30","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T09:59:30","slug":"the-irony-of-the-young-restles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/04\/the-irony-of-the-young-restles.html","title":{"rendered":"The Irony of the Young, Restless Reformers"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I wrote a couple of posts over the weekend — “Why Jesus Died”<\/a> and “Why Jesus Rose”<\/a> — that affirmed a traditional<\/i> and orthodox<\/i> understanding of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  But because I don’t afford the penal substitutionary theory the status of crushing all other atonement theories, I’ve become the scourge of the Reformed blogosphere.  <\/p>\n

But first, remind yourself that the Reformation<\/a> started because Martin Luther questioned the powers-that-be, and his movement really got traction when he was excommunicated and declared a heretic by the Diet of Worms and the resultant Edict of Worms<\/a> in 1521.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sampling of the Edict’s pronouncements<\/a> about Martin Luther:<\/p>\n

To put an end to the numberless and endless errors of the said
\nMartin, let us say that it seems that this man, Martin, is not a man but
\na demon in the appearance of a man, clothed in religious habit to be
\nbetter able to deceive mankind, and wanting to gather the heresies of
\nseveral heretics who have already been condemned, excommunicated, and
\nburied in hell for a long time. Let us add to this all the heresies
\nrecently brought in by him to be the source of all iniquity and rubbish
\nand to destroy the Catholic faith. As an evangelical preacher he labors
\nto trouble and demolish all religious peace and charity and all order
\nand direction in the things of this world. And finally, he brings
\ndishonor upon all the beauty of our Holy Mother Church.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, before you read some of these blog snippets, hear me well: I am not comparing myself to Martin Luther<\/b>. Instead, I’m trying to absorb the irony that some of those who consider themselves theological heirs of Luther, Calvin, et al, use the same language against their opponents that was used against their theological heroes.<\/p>\n


\n1517 blog<\/a>: Even though I have come to expect these
\nkinds of statements from Jones, MacLaren [sic], Pagett [sic], etc. I still am
\nstunned by their bold heresy.<\/p>\n

Justin Taylor<\/a>: Let me just offer one encouragement: pray<\/i>.
\nPray that God would open Tony’s eyes. He does not know the good news of
\nChrist bearing the curse and drinking the cup… Second, pray
\nthat God would thwart this false teaching and that others would not be
\ndrawn to this non-gospel.<\/p>\n

The Voyages…<\/a>: Well if that’s not throwing the apostle Paul under the bus, I don’t know what is.<\/p>\n

Echoes in Eternity<\/a>: If it sounds like a heretic…<\/p>\n

Keep Thou My Feet<\/a>: Tony Jones, of emergent-fame, flatly denies the Gospel.<\/p>\n

Pyromaniacs<\/a>: Be sure to add Tony Jones to your list o’ heretics.<\/p>\n

Can you smell the irony?!?<\/i><\/p>\n

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