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We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

SGM-Mahaneygate: My Letter to Dr. Mark Dever

I wrote a handwritten note/letter to each involved in the cc: line that was substantially tougher than the hardcopy posted here. 
Donald Philip Veitch
125 Kemberly Court
Jacksonville, NC 28540
910-229-7914    reformationtoday@yahoo.com

November 10, 2011


Mark Dever, M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D.
Capitol Hill Baptist Church
525 A Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002

Dear Dr. Dever:

Please let me know if you plan to invite Charles J. Mahaney to speak at the conference entitled “Together for the Gospel” on April 10-12, 2012. Your website promises an appearance by Mr. Charles J. Mahaney. In order to attend, it would cost me at least $960.00 for registration, travel, hotel and related costs. This is costly for a retired veteran living on a fixed income.

C.J. Mahaney
However, Mr. Mahaney has been involved in highly problematic and highly disturbed dealings for the last few decades. This has been vetted and researched by me. His involvement raises substantive issues themselves. My decision to attend will be influenced by your decision concerning Mr. Mahaney. Further, it will affect further counsel to fellow Churchmen and Churchwomen regarding “Together for the Gospel.” Attend or boycott?

I would appreciate hearing from you within the next month so I can make plans. My contact information is above. Or, you may call my home (910-229-7914) any evening from 6-10 p.m. (EST).

If you have further information that may assist, I would like to have it. Thank you for the help.

Sincerely yours,


Donald Philip Veitch

cc:
The Rev. Dr. Allen C. Guelzo, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, MD
The Rev. Dr. Al Mohler, Southern Theological Seminary, Lexington, KY
The Rev. Dr. Carl Trueman, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA
The Rev. Dr. Darryl Hart, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI
The Rev. Dr. Ligon Duncan, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS
The Rev. Dr. R.C. Sproul, Sr., Ligonier Ministries, Lake Mary, FL
COL Robert Switzer, JAG, USMC (ret.), Jacksonville, NC

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

" However, Mr. Mahaney has been involved in highly problematic and highly disturbed dealings for the last few decades. This has been vetted and researched by me. His involvement raises substantive issues themselves."

Bro. Don, where is the beef? All you said was that there were problems; you had researched them yourselves.

Can you not elucidate the problems? You actually said Nada! You didn't even give them a sample.

Come on DPV, you can do better than that.

Reformation said...

You didn't see the handwritten notes personalized to each of them. Substantially rougher.