Stupid Good Old Boys?

Andrew Sandlin has gone off the deep end. In this post, he is commenting on the defense of Rev. Mark Horne, who has come under some scrutiny for his Federal Vision views. After making sure that everyone knows that the Reformed Tradition is big and diverse and that the “TR’s” are on a “jihad,” he ends with the following statement:

I suspect (but cannot prove) that the Old Boys Network in the PCA is frightened of the intelligence and influence of these creative thinkers and will do everything in their power to silence them.

Seldom have I read a more aggravating post than this. It is one thing to make claims about what is confessional or acceptable in the Reformed Tradition. It is another to claim that all those who disagree with you are ignorant and just trying to hang on to power. Of course Rev. Sandlin deems it impossible that someone may think that the Reformed Tradition is not as broad as he thinks it is. Or that such a person may actually be motivated by a true love for Biblical doctrine. Now I disagree with the Federal Vision theology, and I think it is wrong both confessionally and biblically. But I do not think that they are all selfish, power-grabbing good-for-nothings that do what they do because they want to rule the universe. Sandlin’s elitism sickens me. I hope that Rev. Sandlin will apologize for such inflammatory and unchristian comments. If he will not, I call on all people everywhere, especially those pastors in the ‘Federal Vision’ movement that were mentioned (Rev. Wilkins, Rev. Meyers, and Rev. Horne) to denounce the intellectually superior tone and arrogant attitude of Rev. Sandlin’s comments.