Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Saturday, October 19, 2013

(U-Tube, 3 Mins): Response To Charismatic Critics Of The "Strange Fire Conference"

I have no idea who this is, but he's got one thing right. The Montanists-Costals-Charismaticoes have been in high dudgeon over the last few days: (1) "You're splitting unity." (2) Where's the love, etc., blah, blah. I've been listening to these chaps for years--to use Andy Underhile's terms--"chimneys" bellowing their "smoke" for decades.  They've been stream-rolling around for decades and it's time to advance and conquer this hubristic frenzification of worship and mindless ecstacism. This guy gets it right on those points, whoever he is. If it's not "loud," you're dead. If there's no frenzification, there's no Spirit. If you don't "gibberize...kakdjfdkkhfkjhfakjdhf," you don't have what we have.  They've been yapping for decades. If it's quiet, old school, orderly and sober Prayer Book piety and worship, "you're putting God in a box," and more.  "You're quenching the Spirit," they bray.  Bunch of "witches needing to be unmasked," to use another phrase from Mr. (Rev. Dr.) Twisse, again compliments to Andy's readings.


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