Thanks, Jim, for posting this. But I must say that it is a sad sign of CRC insularity that you didn't know who CJ Mahaney was (or Curtis Allen at this point) - because the CRC is becoming more and more out of touch with the Reformed re-awakening that has been taking place in the world for the last 20 + years or more. As the CRC continues to drift toward the mainline churches and irrelevance, there's been a wonderful revival of "New Calvinism" - with the Young, Restless, and Reformed. But most of that has been happening outside of the declining CRC/RCA matrix.
Posted in: CRC Pamphlet on Theological Streams in CRC
Richard Mouw also mentions a similar concern as JKA Smith with this three streams (and Kuyper) approach
http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2839/
Posted in: A Wrap of a Rap on the Heidelberg Catechism
Thanks, Jim, for posting this. But I must say that it is a sad sign of CRC insularity that you didn't know who CJ Mahaney was (or Curtis Allen at this point) - because the CRC is becoming more and more out of touch with the Reformed re-awakening that has been taking place in the world for the last 20 + years or more. As the CRC continues to drift toward the mainline churches and irrelevance, there's been a wonderful revival of "New Calvinism" - with the Young, Restless, and Reformed. But most of that has been happening outside of the declining CRC/RCA matrix.