Jeff Meyers, a pastor in good standing in the PCA, has recently been cleared of six doctrinal allegations regarding the Federal Vision. You can read the long gnarly final report here, or a little summary here. Three things I’d like to highlight with regard to this good news.  First, this is good because Jeff is a capable minister of the Gospel and that should be every Christian’s first concern. Second, it’s also good news because he has backed off not a whit from his Federal Vision convictions which fall squarely within the Reformed tradition. This means that Jeff was cleared of things falsely called Federal Vision, which some honest and charitable people have a hard time understanding, and others not so charitable misunderstand and then bring charges. And third, this is good because it bodes well for the PCA. Every denomination, every cranny of the church, needs to be able to keep its divisive members in check. This just happened in St. Louis. It will be interesting to see if the same sanity will prevail in the Pacific Northwest Presbytery in the case of Peter Leithart. Time will tell.

For those wanting a brief synopsis of  FV theology, here you go.