Good Stuff from Real Clear Theology...

Over at Real Clear Theology Eric Svendsen has responded to an open theist's argument that "no Christian has a right to call into question another professing Christian's activities or beliefs". A simple reading of the New Testament will uncover the repeated exhortation to "strive for the faith of the gospel", to "contend earnestly for the faith", to "rebuke", and "reprove". There is no message in the New Testament that calls for the believer to retire to complacency, indifference, or to love at the expense of the truth being compromised. We are called to "let no one deceive" us - whether from outside the Christian camp or within the realm of those professing to be Christian. Yes, we are instructed not to judge in hypocrisy but this is markedly different from judging based on biblical discernment and the principles of godly living therein. John, Paul, Jude - all give us examples of what to look for in identifying the true believer and instructions on what to do when it is clear the professing believer is not what he professes to be. Anyway, here is a quote from the Real Clear Theology post. Good job by Eric in his response:

The problem with Boyd and those like him is not so much that they error on the side of love. It is rather the case that they mistake a complete lack of judgment for love, and as a result are misleading the believing community into adopting a blind, anti-discernment paradigm. No one in the NT lauds blind acceptance. And no one in the NT equates the scrutiny and rejection of the aberrant beliefs and practices of some who claim to know Christ with a lack of love. That's simply a modern distortion of what true love is. In case it slipped anyone's notice, the apostle who so strongly exhorted us to love ("God is love"; "let us love one another"; etc.), and the one who so strongly exhorted us to scrutinize the claims of those who hold to aberrant theology or lifestyle (see above), are one and the same. [def]