På bloggarna har Manhattan Declaration varit omtalade den sista tiden.
Mats Tunehag på Svenska Evangeliska Alliansen är allmänt positiv i inlägget "Manhattan Declaration" från 3 februari. Det är på svenska och ger en översikt över de positiva sidorna i deklarationen.
Al Mohler berättar i inlägget "Why I Signed The Manhattan Declaration" varför han skrivit under deklarationen och förklarar varför. Bland annat skriver han:
"There are several reasons, but they all come down to this -- I believe we are facing an inevitable and culture-determining decision on the three issues centrally identified in this statement. I also believe that we will experience a significant loss of Christian churches, denominations, and institutions in this process. There is every good reason to believe that the freedom to conduct Christian ministry according to Christian conviction is being subverted and denied before our eyes. I believe that the sanctity of human life, the integrity of marriage, and religious liberty are very much in danger at this very moment."
Gary Gilley ger i inlägget "The Manhattan Declaration" en översikt över argumenten och förklarar varför han inte skriver under. Gilleys huvudsakliga problem med deklarationen är att den är oklar när det gäller evangelium och läran om frälsning, han skriver:
"This of course brings us back to our original concern with The Manhattan Declaration – it has a faulty gospel. The Declaration is a political, moral, intellectual document attempting to do battle with a spiritual problem. Not only is the document ill-equipped to do battle with what really ails our world (sort of like bringing a knife to a gunfight), the one thing it does do is further muddy the waters on the definition of the gospel. If there is one true gospel, as Paul affirms (Gal 1:6-9), and if those of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and evangelical communities are all proclaiming it, then all three communities must be in agreement. But that is simply not true. At the Council of Trent Rome pronounced anathemas upon any who believed in sola fide, the very heart of the Reformation. Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches adhere to a sacramental system that combines work with faith leaving the eternal destiny of souls in the hands of their respective churches. Yet the Scriptures declare that the means of salvation is a gift directly from God, based solely on His grace and received solely by faith (Eph 2:8-9)."
Det är en svår fråga att ta ställning till, det finns många aspekter att tänka igenom. Jag väljer att inte ta ställning, men jag följer diskussionen med intresse.
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