https://nouthetic.org/specifics-arent-they-wonderful/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=specifics-arent-they-wonderful Welcome to the Mid-America Institute for Nouthetic Studies, founded by Jay Adams. INS provides training and resources for biblical counseling. Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:13:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://nouthetic.org/specifics-arent-they-wonderful/#comment-991 Tue, 29 May 2012 14:59:31 +0000 https://www.nouthetic.org/blog/?p=4666#comment-991 Nevertheless, per the usual, Jay is dead-on (concerning the Gospel Contemplationism)and one of the few speaking up about it. I have been using his materials in our family’s Sunday morning devotions before services because the fam complains that SS is “boring.” They know that God and the gospel are awesome, but the practical specifics are what is really getting their attention. A friend who comes with us has been struggling with some forgiveness issues for several years (operating on the ambiguous, “forgive like you have been forgiven”) and is finding some serious hope in the information. They have demanded that we stay on the same routine: our own SS before church.

]]> https://nouthetic.org/specifics-arent-they-wonderful/#comment-990 Tue, 29 May 2012 14:37:26 +0000 https://www.nouthetic.org/blog/?p=4666#comment-990 But that’s their first use of the law: Gospel Contemplationism. Their secondary use of the law is to construct practical church polity. Their third use of the law is to control the totally depraved zombie sheep who are misbehaving because they supposedly want to live under the law. Hence, their pontification has the appearance of orthodoxy unless you know what they really believe and watch their behavior. Here is an example of how their three uses of the law plays out: They will bring you up on church discipline for questioning doctrine, but not for sin of the baser sort. I often get emails from people who are perplexed by this. It’s not hard to figure if you know their doctrine.

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