Because of a couple of questions, let me take a moment for a little aside before I return to my being a no-longer-teenage charismatic. It has been mentioned that first I say that Radical Reformation Protestants and Calvinists form part of the philosophical background of today’s progressive/liberal Christians and then I say that extreme ecstatics […]
I am a no-longer-teenage Orthodox charismatic
When I first began to serve the Lord, as an older teenager, I returned to Christianity through a charismatic group. Actually, at first through a Pentecostal group, but that was of very short duration. I do know that out of that hothouse situation came a life-long desire to experience the Lord. Mind you, I am […]
A small defense of the Calvinists
Having jumped on the Calvinists on the issue of the Early Church Fathers and history, I thought it would be only fair to mount a small defense of Calvinists on one issue. Calvinists are regularly accused of agreeing with the phrase that is so often heard in the South, “once saved, always saved.” It is […]
The scandal of Church history
In 1 Corinthians 15, St. Paul says: Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. . . . And if […]
To adiophora or not to adiophora – the Calvinist response
Huldrychus Zwinglius, the famous Swiss Reformer known to us as Uldrych Zwingli, and Jean Cauvin, the famous French Reformer who fled to Switzerland, known to us as John Calvin, are considered the fathers of the Reformed family of churches [shhh, and, of course, John Knox]. They, like all the Reformers, had to deal with the problem of […]
Adiophora, just a little dab will do you!
There is a major difference between the way in which the Lutheran and Anglican Reformers looked at history, and the way in which the Radical Reformers looked at history. But, that difference is important. And the key difference was stated by the Lutherans in one word they called, “adiophora.” So, what is adiophora? This may […]
Radical Reformers, the ancestors of today’s progressive/liberal Christians?
Were the Radical Reformers, by their philosophical attitudes, the ancestors of today’s progressive/liberal Christians? Or, to put it in more Francis Schaeffer type of writing, were the Radical Reformers the continuation of a philosophical trail that led to today’s progressive/liberal hermeneutic? [Note: There is a difference between the Reformers and the Radical Reformers.] I already […]
How I stopped being a culture warrior
On a recent post on Frank Schaeffer, the son of the famed Francis Schaeffer, I posted the reply below as part of my reminiscences about Francis Schaeffer and becoming a culture warrior. As I have re-read it, I realize that it is, of course, incomplete. But, perhaps I will post it here as well, and […]
But, Holy Tradition does exist
I was fortunate to have a theological professor who pointed out that every decision of an ecumenical council, whether dogmatic or disciplinary was introduced by words similar to those found in Acts 15, that is, it seemed good to us and to the Holy Spirit, with the addition of a phrase about being in accord […]
Not everything is Holy Tradition
“Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools†— Thomas Fuller One of the mistakes that is common in liturgical groups is to mistake anything which has been done for a while with Holy Tradition. Even among the Orthodox, there is a common tendency to see what is as what must […]
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