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A charge unanswered?

Martin VanderWal·2019-02-01
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Rev. Martin VanderWal's letter challenges Rev. Koole's response to Rev. Nathan Langerak's charges, arguing that Koole failed to adequately address the substantive issues raised regarding Synod 2017 and 2018 decisions on antinomianism and church discipline. VanderWal contends that merely explaining one's motives does not constitute a true answer to the charges and calls for explicit support or refutation of the Synod's decisions.

After reading Rev. Koole's response to a letter written by Rev. Nathan Langerak, a letter printed after the response instead of before it, I was puzzled and my curiosity aroused. Was what I read a true response? Was what I read really an answer to a charge? I found in the response an explanation for the arti­cle which Rev. Langerak addressed, an article that appeared earlier in the Standard Bearer [Oct. 1, 2018]. I read of some reasons offered for which that article was written, offered by...

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Author
Martin VanderWal
Date

2019-02-01

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Standard Bearer
Topics
Church GovernmentChurch DisciplinePRCA History
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