According to Sam Duncan, vice-moderator of the session of First Presbyterian Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and former moderator of the PCA, speaking on the Federal Vision and the work of the GA at this weeks Assembly:

For the layman, who is not familiar with this topic, the Federal Vision basically teaches that membership in a local church makes one elect; once one is elect, his salvation may be lost; baptism results in regeneration; and justification is achieved through both faith and good works.

The Federal Vision, many believe, takes election out of the hands of the Lord and places it on man’s shoulders. (emphasis added)

Ummm...No. Wrong. Completely incorrect. Utterly ridiculous. (Feel free to throw in your own descriptions of this paragraph). Also, please note that this comment about the views of the Federal Vision are for the "layman". Since Sam Duncan is a Ruling Elder and since his observation is so badly WRONG what does this make him? I can say this, if you believe this nonsense spewed out from Mr. Duncan's pen than you are completely clueless on the issue. There is not one ounce of truth associated with this comment. Every FV proponent are hard-core Calvinists and when they speak about election from a decretal perspective, they agree 100 percent with the Westminster Confession of Faith. After all, and this really cannot be disputed, the Confession only speaks in terms of decretal election. However, that is simply not everything they Bible says about election now is it?

C'mon! This is either a statment born from a totally ignorant person on the issue or from one who is bent (in an insanely wild way) of violating the 9th commandment.

For more interesting comments on this issue head over to Doug Wilsons' blog. He is even more direct than I am on this comment.