Denny Burk Critiques James MacDonald's Accusation of a Satanic Origin for Congregationalism

Denny Burk has written a thoughtful critique of James MacDonald's assertion that congregational church government is not only co-opted by Satan, but Satan's invention. He writes:

If you read his discussion under each of these points, I think you’ll find that at least three of his five reasons are not biblically founded, but pragmatically founded. He observes abuses of congregationalism and reasons backwards that there must be something unbiblical about congregationalism itself. But we could level that argument against any form of church government. Believe me; I could multiply anecdotes of Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Elder Rule models that have gone seriously awry. Every polity can be used by Satan so long as there is sin in the world. But susceptibility to corruption is no way to make a final judgment about any of these forms of government. On that criterion, they all fail miserably.

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