Reformed Baptist Ken Temple Attacks Anglicans and Presbyterians.

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Reformed Baptist Ken Temple Attacks Anglicans and Presbyterians.

Recently I took Reformed Baptist Ken Temple to task in the post just prior to this for his lack of facts and correct information.

In the same post Ken Temple makes a veiled attack upon Anglicans and Presbyterians which probably flew right by most people.

Again in the post below

http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-and-why-did-churches-become-mosques_18.html

Ken Temple makes the following claim, (Do keep in mind that he is a Reformed Baptist)

Ken said...

Also, I am not talking about biological growth and the bare numbers of populations of the RC and EO, in comparison with Protestants. Those statistics are mostly based on infant baptism records, and that does not reflect conversion in the heart, that is just an external religious rite. The European and western numbers of those folks would surely be mostly nominal, right?

I was talking about those born Muslim who have turned from Islam to Christ.

Also, the populations of EO, RC, and the Assyrian Church of the East have dwindled in Muslim countries over the centuries. Especially in Ottoman Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan.

Egypt may the only majority Muslim country that has kept its Christian population. (The Coptic Church)

3:51 PM, AUGUST 18, 2009

Ken Temple has drew some lines in the sand. People like the Anglican Rev Samuel Green and Presbyterian Turretinfan (http://turretinfan.blogspot.com/) would not be happy to know that infant baptist is just an 'external religious rite' and that 'it does not reflect conversion of the heart'.

You may wish to read Turetinan and the Presbyterian side of the story here: http://turretinfan.blogspot.com/2009/12/john-calvin-and-fathers-on-baptism.html

Ken Temple has drew some lines in the sand.

However, you can see Turretinfan also give a critique of James White ( a Reformed Baptist and friend of Ken Temple). Turretinfan critiques James White on the issue of Baptismal Regeneration here: http://turretinfan.blogspot.com/2009/11/regeneration-baptism-circumcision.html

Ken Temple has also never really commented upon links like this one either:

http://turretinfan.blogspot.com/2011/04/paedo-communion-and-federal-vision.html

Now the Anglican Rev Samuel Green has not written in material rebuking the Reformed Baptist for their position. I have also not heard of any exchanges between James White and Samuel Green on the issue of Baptismal Regeneration. I would imagine that such an exchange would be edifying.

The issue at hand is the following verse of the Bible.

However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come. (John 16:13)

Why is it that Ken Temple can come up with attacks upon Islam and he doesn't have a response for those who practice what he calls a mere 'external religious rite'. Does it not show an inconsistency when handling the truth? Why does not Ken Temple ask the Anglican Rev Samuel Green and the Presbyterian Turretinfan to come to the true knowledge of the Bible?

Who is guided into 'all truth' on this doctrinal matter? Or does it really matter at all? Does theology matter to Christians? Or do they only tend to say nice things about one another under the common banner of attacking Islam and Muslims?

So theology can play 2nd fiddle as long as the drum beat against Islam is pounding away.