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Originally posted by sastark
Richard,
I have been asked countless times "When did you become a Christian?" When I reply that I cannot remember a time when I was NOT a Christian, I get wierd looks. I think this is the fault of an over-emphasis by modern evangelicals on "experiencing" salvation. And, without disrespect for our baptist brothers on this board, I think the Anabaptist mindset of needing to be converted as an adult or reaching some sort of "age of accountability" before you can actually be saved is the reason I get the wierd looks. The modern evangelical cannot account for a covenant child.
Since modern evangelicals do not understand covenants, the only conversion option left for them is a sudden, drastic change. Therefore, that is considered normative.
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I'd like some help working out the details of these ideas. For they form one of the main points in a Sunday School class in a few weeks on the New Side/Old Side split.
Experientalism, emotionalism, revivalism. express a bias towards the extraordinary, the visible, the unusual. By anchoring a conversion experience in these kinds of carried away, lifted up out of the ordinary, etc the New Side brought pietism and experientialism into the Presbyterian church.
Has anyone thought along these lines or has references to follow up on?
tia.
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Originally Posted by paul manata| Anyway, since you think I'm usually about 6 months behind you, why waste the time typing back and forth when you can just wait 6 months and I'll agree with you?
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richard williams|member Rincon Mountain PCA|Tucson Arizona|
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