Under Much Grace

justa berean,

I’m going to have to get Jewel’s book!

Concerning Baby Boomers, I didn’t necessarily mean all Baby Boomers but the sub-group of those within Calvinism and the Reformed faith (and those who were probably raised with those doctrines). There are more of them now asserting themselves in the wake of the passing of the old guard. I just started reading a series of articles that refers to these as “hyperCalvinists,” although I’m not quite sure where the article goes with it’s premise. It was referenced in Midwest Christian Center’s latest blog article: http://www.batteredsheep.com/pca.html

It’s my concern that Matt Slick has been strongly influenced by one if not all of the aspects of this growing movement which has strong ties to slavery and authoritarian concepts and foundational epistemology (which seems very or too “canned”). Some of the old guard had a balanced view of evangelism within a Calvinist framework, and for whatever reason, those to whom they’ve passed on their vision go about Christian living and evangelism with a great deal of rigidity (perhaps in response to the situational ethics and relative morality so prevalent in our culture today).

I guess where you thought yourself a possible “lone prophet in a wicked world,” I felt my myself a lost soul awash with confusion! I saw so many power-mongering, pastor-hating women in my Assemblies of God church, the Shepherding (and Calvinist) message regarding women seemed to also bring balance to this poor example. The egalitarian message (which I find to be more Christian in origin than pagan) just reminded me of many things I already knew. I’m swinging back and forth in response to these influences, trusting the Holy Spirit to bring me to eventually rest over and in perfect truth.

I pray, as I trust you all do, that these faithful Reformed folks get a new understanding of “egalititarianism” in the true spirit of the term within their relationships with the Lord, individually and as a group. The Reformed Movement of today desperately needs a renaissance of liberty and freedom. I believe that God’s bringing it in perfect time, and we are here for such a time as this. I’m just not sure how to persevere to the end.