Author: Masters, Peter
Genre: Theology - Ecclesiology
Tags: Church, Ecumenism, Legalism / License / Liberty, Methodology, Truth
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Rick Shrader‘s Review:
This Sword & Trowel booklet is a 2009 reprint from a 1996 edition. Masters calls for a Biblical separation from apostasy and from worldliness. He uses the term “evangelical” to refer to those who are truly saved; have had an evangelical conversion experience. He takes sharp issue with those who have called Roman Catholics ‘brethren,” specifically naming Charles Colson and J.I. Packer for their participation in the Evangelicals and Catholics Together document as well as John Stott for his participation in The Nottingham Statement, which also named all Catholics as evangelical brethren. The bulk of the book is given to answering arguments made against Biblical separation including why Jesus ate with sinners and whether separation is judging. I also appreciated his defense of Secondary Separation because not many today are willing to delve into that controversial area. He gives four ways in which “non-separators” put their people in danger by not separating from brethren who walk disorderly. You can order the booklet at: www.TabernacleBookshop.org