6/26/06, PRCE List : Providence interpreted; Household management by magnalia_dei

[The entire hypothetical analogy series can be found here.]

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Providence interpreted

For anyone to interpret providence so as to conclude (as a basis of their faith acting), and thereupon pronounce to the public, that a given calamity in providence is a specific judgment on a specific person for their actual sin supposed, is a presumption on interpreting providence that, apart from special revelation, is tantamount to a claim of a providential hermeneutic that is inerrant. Such kind of ignorant presumption, and the putrid and malicious application to the victims arising therefrom, is everywhere taught against in the scriptures (even explicitly by the Lord Christ); and, it exceeds, by orders of magnitude, the degrees of the sins of the merciless "friends" of Job. But those engaging in such behavior, of course, conveniently omit themselves from the same public self-condemnation that ought, by the same principle, to necessarily follow from the calamities of providence relative to their own persons or families, which they conveniently overlook or more charitably judge.

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6/4/06, Position Paper on Sessional Authority (PPSA)

From: Lyndon DohmsTo: Lyndon Dohms[Bcc: List]Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:24 PMSubject: Session Paper
June 4, 2006
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Attached is a paper titled "Position Paper and Response To Questions Circulated About Sessional Authority Within The RPNA (General Meeting)" The first paragraph of the paper is quoted below:
"In the Response that is before you, the Session has decided to focus its attention upon questions that have been circulated both publicly and privately as it relates in various ways to the authority possessed by the Session of the RPNA (General Meeting). We thank you for your patience in awaiting a Response to the questions that have been raised. We propose first that you carefully consider what is found in our Response. Second, we recommend that you privately send questions of clarification to us which we will publicly post, and to which questions we will publicly respond (as quickly as we are able to do). Third, after your questions of clarification have been submitted and answered, we will consider (if we deem it necessary and profitable at that time) how we might formulate a plan to facilitate a forum that will lead to a profitable discussion for everyone who desires to do so. "
The Session of the RPNA (General Meeting)Pastor Greg PriceRuling Elder Lyndon DohmsRuling Elder Greg Barrow
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Position Paper and Response To Questions Circulated About Sessional Authority Within The RPNA (General Meeting)
In the Response that is before you, the Session has decided to focus its attention upon questions that have been circulated both publicly and privately as it relates in various ways to the authority possessed by the Session of the RPNA (General Meeting). We thank you for your patience in awaiting a Response to the questions that have been raised. We propose first that you carefully consider what is found in our Response. Second, we recommend that you privately send questions of clarification to us which we will publicly post, and to which questions we will publicly respond (as quickly as we are able to do). Third, after your questions of clarification have been submitted and answered, we will consider (if we deem it necessary and profitable at that time) how we might formulate a plan to facilitate a forum that will lead to a profitable discussion for everyone who desires to do so.

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