Michele,

If I tell you my point now, you will not receive all the information leading up to the point. Sometimes the journey is more rewarding than the final destination.

This discussion Pilgrim and I are having has nothing to do with covenantal succession. From the beginning, we have both agreed covenantal succession is false doctrine.

You are right when you say it is up to each person to determine whether the testimony of Dr. Horton or the testimony of Dr. MacArthur is most believable.

I don't know Pilgrim's reason for not agreeing with me that the best way to help resolve the conflicting testimonies of Drs. Horton and MacArthur is to ask them to elaborate upon their written testimony, because he gave me no reason.

Common sense tells me what I said is true and a long history of legal precedence testifies it's true, but you'd have to ask Pilgrim why he doesn't agree; just as we would have to ask Dr. Horton and Dr. MacArthur to speak for themselves regarding what each man wrote.

The issue is not, "Would they reply?"; the issue is, "Should we ask?". Scripture says, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you."