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I had the privilege of meeting David Gay in August, 2013, at the 14th Searching Together Conference in Elgin IL. His sessions on 2 Cor 3 & 4 were uplifting!
I have perused several of David's previous books -- The Priesthood of All Believers: Slogan or Substance, The Pastor -- Does He Exist? and Christ Is All: No Sanctification by the Law -- with great profit.
"Four Antinomians," though an historical study, nevertheless affords the opportunity to focus on some very important issues -- has Christ actually removed forever all condemnation for those in Christ? must sinners be "prepared" for the gospel by Law-preaching?
Of the "Four," I'm most familiar with Tobias Crisp. After I wrote what many called "ground-breaking" articles in 1977-1978 ("Is There A 'Covenant of Grace?" and "Crucial Thoughts on Law in the New Covenant"), several well-known Reformed Baptists (Walt Chantry and Al Martin) called me an "antinomian." In 1978, Walt Chantry wrote me a long letter and designated me as "neo-dispensational" and "neo-antinomian." I spent hours in the Vanderbilt Divinity Library in Nashville researching antinomianism in history, focusing on Tobias Crisp. I concluded then, as David Gay has now, that calling Crisp "antinomian" was a false accusation. I sent a detailed reply to Walt which suggested that the appellation of "antinomian" was inappropriate for Crisp and myself.
David Gay has done us a tremendous service by documenting the freeness of grace in Christ as proclaimed by these four often maligned men. What I especially appreciate about David's presentation is his even-handedness. He clearly unfolds where he agrees with these four, where he disagrees with them, and where he believes them to have been unwise in the way they expressed certain sentiments.
I highly recommend this book. It sheds light on vital issues that have come to the top cyclically in church history.
