The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum What is the Calvinist Remnant

Ahhh!! Now it all makes sense. Jack Miller was 'different' to be sure. No, I did not meet him personally as I was at WTS Philly after he departed there and started his "New Life Church". His ministry was akin to Bill Bright's "Campus Crusade for Christ" with a sorta Calvinist flair, let's say. Or, perhaps he could be described more of an "Evangelical" vs. historic Reformed. Along those lines Carl McIntire and a few other men broke from the newly formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church and started their own denomination named the Bible Presbyterian Church. The former held firmly to historic Calvinism and the Westminster Confession of Faith vs. the latter which was much influenced by Bob Jones and his Bob Jones University and thus was more "evangelical" in emphasis. Lastly, and to put it simply, the theological doctrine of the covenant of grace as taught in Scripture is incontrovertibly teaches that the elect of God are but a remnant of the entire human race, albeit they are vast in number. The Church's primary responsibility is to feed the sheep through the preaching and teaching of the Gospel in both its narrow and broad definition. Evangelism is but a part of the Church's outreach through which the elect are called both in the hearing of the Gospel and the working of the Holy Spirit in those whom God has predestined to be redeemed in Christ, calling them out of this world and bringing them to fellowship among the elect saints. There is a most definite danger of any church to become "ingrown", of which I have seen to occur personally much to my sadness. But this fallacy is not due to the doctrine of "Calvinistic Remnant" but of poor and distorted preaching on one hand and the 'pride of life' that exists due to allowing unbelievers to become members of the visible church. Perhaps? this along with other factors led Jack Miller to get off track and fall into his own unique errors.