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S
((are we talking about post?))
i have been responding to the OP.
i'm just not presuming to have all the answers
((or even all the questions
))
i have been responding to the OP.
i'm just not presuming to have all the answers
((or even all the questions
))
Hello Spokenpassage
I have read through the article/ report and agree with its findings, and purpose . The intent of the committee is noble in my opinion. The report is seems more aimed at those that shepherd the flock than the general congregation. It is full of church speak an can be a turn off to some folks . To me the committe beats around the bush concerning how we should worship . Why not just say in plain English. That's a big problem with some of us on the Reformed side of theology, we love our committees ,synods and their reports . We are quite fond of our big words .I believe the commentary on each of the paragraphs to be helpful and better illustrate what they were trying to say . So why not just say that ?
So I do agree with what they had to say . I just desire it was in plain English without having to demonstrate that the committee went to seminary.
Blessings
Bill
I have read through the article/ report and agree with its findings, and purpose . The intent of the committee is noble in my opinion. The report is seems more aimed at those that shepherd the flock than the general congregation. It is full of church speak an can be a turn off to some folks . To me the committe beats around the bush concerning how we should worship . Why not just say in plain English. That's a big problem with some of us on the Reformed side of theology, we love our committees ,synods and their reports . We are quite fond of our big words .I believe the commentary on each of the paragraphs to be helpful and better illustrate what they were trying to say . So why not just say that ?
So I do agree with what they had to say . I just desire it was in plain English without having to demonstrate that the committee went to seminary.
Blessings
Bill
First off your welcome brother.
The term beat around the bush my have been a bit much on my part given that the article's format was that of a position paper. The need for exact wording is important. I guess my shortcoming is I am a bit impatient. I understood what was being said by the second sentence on most of the points forgetting that someone could read something unintended in to it without further refinement.
Great topic though thanks for posting.
Blessings
Bill
The term beat around the bush my have been a bit much on my part given that the article's format was that of a position paper. The need for exact wording is important. I guess my shortcoming is I am a bit impatient. I understood what was being said by the second sentence on most of the points forgetting that someone could read something unintended in to it without further refinement.
Great topic though thanks for posting.
Blessings
Bill
my opinion is that it generates a lot of questions, far beyond logistical details about what color choir robes should be or whether picking up an electric lute with the idea of praising God with it is sin or not.
questions that are largely ignored by most people i've met who use phrases like "the regulative principle in worship"
i see you think that means "looking to debate" but honestly, questions are for "looking to comprehend"
i hope you take all the time you need to think about the questions i asked, and come to a real conclusion about how all of this speaks of Christ and lifts Him up for who He is and what He has done.
i'd rather it seem like you are ignoring my replies, and let them stick in the back of your head and grow, producing fruit in their season, than have you snap to a judgement within the time it takes you to read the paragraphs, move on, and be relatively untouched by the words in your heart at all.
questions, i think, are often better for achieving such an end than bold declarations. they encourage one to work things out for themselves, a process by which truth-pathways are more richly molded into the mind than if a person simply read another man's assertions, find no immediate fault in them, and so adopt them as nominally their own. in the latter case a man can profess to believe things he doesn't even understand, but in the former, whether a man has come to a conclusion or not, he gains understanding. understanding is better than silver. it is better than winning some 'war of words' and better than collecting "yea" votes.
S
You have a point there. Not everyone views the Regulative Principle of Worship the same. Some are EP and some aren't, some are against instruments and others aren't, some believe that infant of Christian parents should be baptized and others see only participants in the faith should be baptized, some believe in theonomy and others don't. There are so many views. If you are looking for my view, read the article.