
A word to the wise re: Pentecostalist-Revivalist-Anabaptistic worship, what I call the "Religio Americanorum." Thank God for the Bible, good, thoughtful and Reformed Confessions, as well as thoughtful, careful, disciplined, slow, prudent and biblical prayers, doctrine and worship in the Book of Common Prayer (tossed by imprudent and brash Puritans).
Ecc.5.2:Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.
אַל־תְּבַהֵל עַל־פִּיךָ וְלִבְּךָ אַל־יְמַהֵר לְהֹוצִיא דָבָ...ר לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם וְאַתָּה עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־כֵּן יִהְיוּ דְבָרֶיךָ מְעַטִּים׃
Ne temere quid loquaris, neque cor tuum sit velox ad proferen dum sermonem coram Deo; Deus enim in caelo, et tu super terram: idcirco sint pauci sermones tui.
μὴ σπεῦδε ἐπὶ στόματί σου καὶ καρδία σου μὴ ταχυνάτω τοῦ ἐξενέγκαι λόγον πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ σὺ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἔστωσαν οἱ λόγοι σου ὀλίγοι
99.9% of what occurs in Pentecostal loondom is "blabbaphilia, yappaphilia, yappaholism, motor-mouthism, carnival-barkerism." This is not over-stated.
A "Word" from above, from God, from Ecc.5.2, to the carnival barkers: "Shut up!" One word to Crouch, "Shut up!" Thoughtless, irreverent, if not Godless, babbling. "Give it up!" "Get off the airwaves, electronic media and retract the publications!" If a Pentecostalist reading this, say, pray, think and live this prayer as outlined at: http://reformationanglicanism.blogspot.com/2010/08/9th-collect-after-trinity-rightful.html This includes much of the Contemporary Worship scene as well. "Enough, already!"
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