[Vision2020] Federal Vision Discipline With a Hint of Postmodern Simony

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Friday, October 19, 2007  Federal Vision Discipline With a Hint of
Postmodern Simony<http://federal-vision.blogspot.com/2007/10/federal-vision-discipline-with-hint-of.html>

I have plugged the local listserv a couple of times now, and it occurred to
me that someone might read this
post<http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2003-October/005219.html>and
arrive at the wrong conclusion. The post was written by Dr. John
Brown,
who *used* to be a member of Christ Church, Moscow, and who used to practice
medicine at this clinic <http://www.moscowmedical.com/>.

However, things have changed and it's safe to say that Dr. Brown has had two
epiphanies since then. First, he converted to Roman Catholicism and, second,
he now holds an entirely different impression of his former pastor than he
had in October 2003.

The first epiphany: Dr. Brown has told me *and many others* that Douglas
Wilson's Federal Vision theology led him to Rome. This is not a rumor, it is
a well-known fact in Moscow. To be fair, though, anyone who knows Brown
knows that he always had a soft spot for Rome in his heart, so leaving the
Kirk wasn't a huge leap. What most people don't know, however, is *the
reason why* the Kirk elders *did not discipline* Brown when he left Christ
Church for Roman Catholicism. They didn't discipline him because his two
partners were both members of Christ Church and one of them was an elder who
begged Wilson not to excommunicate Brown because it would hurt the business.
Wilson, who is always negotiable, conceded because he understood that Brown
was the most popular doctor in the office and that if they put the big X on
his forehead it might damage public relations. So Wilson sent the Browns a
nasty gram by mail and told them to their faces, "You are the dupes of
Satan." (And this fact is interesting in light of Wilson's comments on this
thread<http://www.dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=4633>
.)

The second epiphany: John Brown has told me and many others that his opinion
of Wilson has changed significantly since his monkey-boy days. I will not
write too much on this point, but he uses the adjective *"evil"* quite
freely, and for good reason. Indeed, it's safe to say that he penned the
words "I think I am in a good position to judge the charitable nature of
Christ Church and its leadership" a tad bit prematurely. Wilson knows too
well how to exact retribution against those who spurn his authority, for as
his sister-in-law says, "No one thinks Doug is capable of doing it, until he
does it to them. *And then it's too late."*

Finally, John Brown no longer practices medicine with the two kirkers. In
fact, the three men dissolved their partnership at no small cost to two of
them. But if we learn anything from Dr. John Brown, we learn that when
Wilson calls you a "dupe of Satan," you better make cocksure you don't get
duped by Wilson.
 Posted by Mark T.  at 2:34
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Juanita Flores
Advocate for the Truth from Jesus
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