Comments on: The Church God Uses http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:03:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Need? What Need? @ Cerulean Sanctum http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html#comment-29062 Need? What Need? @ Cerulean Sanctum Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:12:06 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html#comment-29062 [...] The Church God Uses [...]

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]]> By: slw http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html#comment-28667 slw Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:48:16 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html#comment-28667 When the emperor has no clothes, should we not call him naked? When the emperor has no clothes, should we not call him naked?

]]> By: Dan Edelen http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html#comment-28666 Dan Edelen Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:32:21 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html#comment-28666 David (x2), If I didn't communicate my response adequately, pleas let me reiterate: The charismata are NOT a dividing line between who's right with God and who isn't. Anyone who believes that is a spiritual snob. Readers well know that I've never insinuated that charismatics are somehow superior. In fact, I suspect that many charismatics have gone off the deep end compared to their non-charismatic brethren. A brother in Christ is a brother in Christ. I don't like the charismatic label. In fact, I like very few labels within Christianity. All they do is divide and create painful schisms that cast aspersions on Christianity as a whole. (I've written about this <a href="http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/10/our-obsession-with-labels.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.) We are all growing. We are all learning different things because the Lord is dealing iwth each one of us as individuals. For that reason, I'm not into trying to pin people down because God doesn't. What we label each other doesn't truly matter all that much. David (x2),

If I didn’t communicate my response adequately, pleas let me reiterate:

The charismata are NOT a dividing line between who’s right with God and who isn’t. Anyone who believes that is a spiritual snob. Readers well know that I’ve never insinuated that charismatics are somehow superior. In fact, I suspect that many charismatics have gone off the deep end compared to their non-charismatic brethren.

A brother in Christ is a brother in Christ. I don’t like the charismatic label. In fact, I like very few labels within Christianity. All they do is divide and create painful schisms that cast aspersions on Christianity as a whole. (I’ve written about this here.)

We are all growing. We are all learning different things because the Lord is dealing iwth each one of us as individuals. For that reason, I’m not into trying to pin people down because God doesn’t. What we label each other doesn’t truly matter all that much.

]]> By: Dave Block http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html#comment-28650 Dave Block Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:10:57 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/the-church-god-uses.html#comment-28650 Dan, I think you're missing David's point, which isn't that some Reformed churches accept the continuation of the charismatic gifts, but rather that one can believe strongly in the working of the Holy Spirit even if he or she doesn't think it is manifest in the charismatic gifts. Dan,

I think you’re missing David’s point, which isn’t that some Reformed churches accept the continuation of the charismatic gifts, but rather that one can believe strongly in the working of the Holy Spirit even if he or she doesn’t think it is manifest in the charismatic gifts.

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