More Maneuvering

There have been several attempts to silence Pastors Wes White, Lane Keister and Brian Carpenter, and keep them from speaking out against the Federal Vision error and those who teach it. Brian Carpenter has recorded the latest attempt here which is a letter written to the Siouxlands Presbytery by the session of Christ's Church in Mankato. Below is an excerpt from that letter which caught my attention:

"3. It may be that the members of Christ Church will not read these [i.e., Wes White's] posts, but poison like this has a way of getting around, and causing damage that cannot be anticipated. Scripture warns us: “No man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison”. By publicly interacting with TE Lawrence by name, labeling him and misrepresenting his views, TE White has unleashed words that bring harm to TE Lawrence and Christ Church."

I have a couple of thoughts about this. First, it seems to me that if the session is so concerned about the good name of TE Lawrence that they, along with their friends in Presbytery, would be glad to allow TE Lawrence to go to trial and prove his good name in court. But instead twice now they have stifled the attempts to bring him to trial, despite the fact that two committees have found him with a strong presumption of guilt. Furthermore, who are the ones really responsible for giving TE Lawrence a bad name--Wes White, who is simply reporting the events as they happened at Presbytery and writing about why the Federal Vision is justly considered error or those who continue to stifle the attempts of the committees who were formed to investigate his views.

Secondly, if the committees are correct in their findings, and TE Lawrence is indeed teaching the Federal Vision error, then who is the one doing the poisoning? The Federal Vision poison sure has a way of getting around and causing damage that cannot be anticipated.