A close Christian friend of mine gave me a gift subscription to a monthly magazine called, "Tabletalk", and it is from Ligonier Ministries.
R.C. Sproul is the Executive Editor.
He felt that I would enjoy it.
Is my friend trying to proselytize me in some covert way into any abherrent biblical teaching?
It's actually a very good publication.
I got like 3 or 4 free issues. Unless you think Reformation/presbyterian theology is abherrant, then I don't think you'll have a problem with it.
The main reason why I disagree with anything Sproul write is because he's infralapsarian. That's a whole 'nother fish to fry right there. Otherwise, he's pretty good.
I recommend it, and I think it will be enjoyable for you.
Dustin , I don't understand . On one hand you think "It's a very good publication ." Then you withdrawl your commendation by saying that you "disagree with anything R.C. writes because he's infralapsarian ."
I daresay there are many teachings of his that have little to nothing to do with his infralapsarianism .
I DO think it's a good publication, but i just don't agree with his infralapsarianism. Not exactly withdrawing the commendation, I just disagree with his position. Like I said, he's very good on other things.
Most likely I worded it wrong and didn't explain clearly enough.
I don't understand myself half the time, so join the club! :laugh:
RC Sproul and his "Tabletalk" publication may be enjoyable for some, but when I asked for just ONE copy so I could determine if I wanted to continue receiving it, they sent me several more in rapid succession. All the while they were dunning me for money to support their ministry. Took about a year for them to quit
He and Benny Hinn can take a leap as far as i am concerned.
Admittedly he is Calvinist and I am almost as far as it is possible to be from a 5 point calvinist -- but his weekly radio broadcast is very insightful none-the-less.
Jim-1611 : You are not the least bit familiar with R.C. Sproul to put him in the same category as Benny Hinn ! It seems like your lack of level-headedness regarding the KJVO issue is about on the same plane as your understanding of Calvinism .
R.C.'s a great teacher, I really enjoyed his radio broadcast when it was available in our area (sadly I can't pick it up any more).
I subscribed to TableTalk for a year a while back.
Good articles but they do have a weakness.
They give their view of a doctrine but generally don't present the opposing sides of an argument.
My favorite issue presented their view of baptism, which of course wasn't a Baptist view.
It was well argued and presented; I still keep the issue even though I disagree.
I also lean strongly towards dispensationalism, a view that R.C. Sproul does not hold.
If you can get past some of these "weaknesses", he is a solid teacher. :laugh:
Enjoy his magazine; compare and contrast it with what you have been taught and use it as a springboard for further study.
==It is is a great ministry. It is not "abherrent biblical teaching" (unless you think men like Luther, Spurgeon, Whitefield, Newton, etc, were abherrent).