Comments on: An Intriguing Survey of Pentecostals & Charismatics http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:01:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: the evangelical outpost http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html#comment-10560 the evangelical outpost Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:31:43 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html#comment-10560 <strong>Thirty Three Things (v. 2)...</strong> 33. Woody Allen and Billy Graham together? While it may sound like a meeting in an alternative universe, Ann Althouse has found a charming video clip of Allen interviewing Graham. 32. Ever argue with someone about whether a quote is......

Thirty Three Things (v. 2)…

33. Woody Allen and Billy Graham together? While it may sound like a meeting in an alternative universe, Ann Althouse has found a charming video clip of Allen interviewing Graham. 32. Ever argue with someone about whether a quote is……

]]> By: Iris Godfrey http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html#comment-6893 Iris Godfrey Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:54:32 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html#comment-6893 Encouraging in some ways. At least we (for the most part) believe the Scriptures -- that is very encouraging. Thanks for alerting us to this. Iris Encouraging in some ways. At least we (for the most part) believe the Scriptures — that is very encouraging. Thanks for alerting us to this.
Iris

]]> By: CynthiaWare http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html#comment-6884 CynthiaWare Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:14:05 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html#comment-6884 Dan, It seems you and I are mesmerized by the same surveys. Here's a blog shake to you. Cynthia Dan,
It seems you and I are mesmerized by the same surveys.
Here’s a blog shake to you.
Cynthia

]]> By: David Riggins http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html#comment-6877 David Riggins Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:37:23 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/an-intriguing-survey-of-pentecostals-charismatics.html#comment-6877 I suppose one must be a bit chary around surveys of any kind, as they are statistics, and we all know what Mark Twain said about those... That being said, there is something that stands out in my short perusal of the full survey results, and that is the sorry state of the Christian community when it comes to the knowing the will of God. Look at the state of belief about sexual relationships: 36% of pentacostals believe that extra-marital sex is sometimes justified? With a corresponding percent believing the same thing about abortion? 85% of pentecostals believe divorce is sometimes justified? So what we're saying is that, in the mind of these people who believe the same Bible that states God hates divorce (and who only gave one justifiable excuse for it; extra-marital sex, and that because of hardened, unforgiving hearts) is the inerrant word of God, but somehow have managed to find excuses to justify behavior specifically forbidden. Where in the Bible is extra-marital sex justifiable? Where, if one takes God's standards into account, is divorce justified? Abortion? Euthanasia? Oh, but drinking alcohol, now there's a sin...And let's not forget that pentecostals are more likely to believe that a man has more rights to a job than a women than they are likely to believe that divorce is unjustifiable. What this tells me is that Christians, whatever their label, don't read their bible. And the survey bears this out: 35% of Pentacostals, and a woeful 27% of charismatics, say they read their bible every day. Yet 33% of pentacostals and a whopping 50% of charismatics say they speak in tongues every week. One wonders who they are speaking to, as their time in the bible, which God ordered us to be reading and meditating on constantly, does not indicate they have a healthy relationship with the God they claim they know so well as to speak to Him in the spirit. I could go on, but would just sound huffy. I suppose one must be a bit chary around surveys of any kind, as they are statistics, and we all know what Mark Twain said about those…

That being said, there is something that stands out in my short perusal of the full survey results, and that is the sorry state of the Christian community when it comes to the knowing the will of God.

Look at the state of belief about sexual relationships: 36% of pentacostals believe that extra-marital sex is sometimes justified? With a corresponding percent believing the same thing about abortion? 85% of pentecostals believe divorce is sometimes justified? So what we’re saying is that, in the mind of these people who believe the same Bible that states God hates divorce (and who only gave one justifiable excuse for it; extra-marital sex, and that because of hardened, unforgiving hearts) is the inerrant word of God, but somehow have managed to find excuses to justify behavior specifically forbidden. Where in the Bible is extra-marital sex justifiable? Where, if one takes God’s standards into account, is divorce justified? Abortion? Euthanasia? Oh, but drinking alcohol, now there’s a sin…And let’s not forget that pentecostals are more likely to believe that a man has more rights to a job than a women than they are likely to believe that divorce is unjustifiable.

What this tells me is that Christians, whatever their label, don’t read their bible. And the survey bears this out: 35% of Pentacostals, and a woeful 27% of charismatics, say they read their bible every day. Yet 33% of pentacostals and a whopping 50% of charismatics say they speak in tongues every week. One wonders who they are speaking to, as their time in the bible, which God ordered us to be reading and meditating on constantly, does not indicate they have a healthy relationship with the God they claim they know so well as to speak to Him in the spirit.

I could go on, but would just sound huffy.

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