One of the many weird evil things floating around the internet is the confident accusation that Steve Wilkins denies any distinction between the the visible and the invisible church(es?). But, to the extent that these accusations involve people who claim Presbyterian doctrine as their own, the accusation is completely false.

Does anyone think that Steve Wilkins teaches that, head for head, the membership in the present church is identical with who will be members of the Church at the other side of the Final Judgment? Unless you answer affirmatively, then you have admitted that Steve distinguishes between them.

People seem to have taken liberties with Steve’s pastoral emphasis on what baptized professing believers have in common and made completely unjustified extrapolations. These extrapolations are all the worse since they openly contradict Steve’s own affirmations.