Comments on: Goodbye Enemies (I Meant Theologians) http://availablelightonline.com/blog/2006/09/08/goodbye-enemies-i-meant-theologians/ blog of a Spirit-filled, post-political, Reforming Christian. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:03:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://availablelightonline.com/blog/2006/09/08/goodbye-enemies-i-meant-theologians/comment-page-1/#comment-8002 admin Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:24:56 +0000 http://availablelightonline.com/blog/2006/09/08/goodbye-enemies-i-meant-theologians/#comment-8002 Henry: Thanks for your post and most importantly an Amen to the statements in the last paragraph. What we need to do is to say goodbye to Wagner, Pierce, Jacobs, Sheets, and Haggard and good riddance to the New Apostolic Movement. Henry:

Thanks for your post and most importantly an Amen to the statements in the last paragraph.

What we need to do is to say goodbye to Wagner, Pierce, Jacobs, Sheets, and Haggard and good riddance to the New Apostolic Movement.

]]> By: Henry Thompson http://availablelightonline.com/blog/2006/09/08/goodbye-enemies-i-meant-theologians/comment-page-1/#comment-8001 Henry Thompson Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:01:50 +0000 http://availablelightonline.com/blog/2006/09/08/goodbye-enemies-i-meant-theologians/#comment-8001 To paraphrase Ric Flair, Doug 'took them to school,' and enjoyed it! But jesting aside, it does sound like Wagner has been taking lessons from the PD crowd, unfortunately. Doug does mention something that bothers me about the modern Charismatic/Pentecostal side of Christianity...anti-intellectualism, the idea that the Holy Spirit takes us to new experiences, and that there's no need to get 'deep' in theology or thought. There's nothing in the Bible that contradicts taking the time to reason through our faith, nor is there anything that says that we should merely run after experiences. Been there, done that...and frankly, I have the emotional scars to prove it. The Bible encourages us to worship in 'Spirit and in Truth.' They go hand in hand, not separately. To paraphrase Ric Flair, Doug ‘took them to school,’ and enjoyed it! But jesting aside, it does sound like Wagner has been taking lessons from the PD crowd, unfortunately.

Doug does mention something that bothers me about the modern Charismatic/Pentecostal side of Christianity…anti-intellectualism, the idea that the Holy Spirit takes us to new experiences, and that there’s no need to get ‘deep’ in theology or thought. There’s nothing in the Bible that contradicts taking the time to reason through our faith, nor is there anything that says that we should merely run after experiences. Been there, done that…and frankly, I have the emotional scars to prove it.

The Bible encourages us to worship in ‘Spirit and in Truth.’ They go hand in hand, not separately.

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