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The early church’s most obvious standard for controlling charisma is the canon or Bible. She approved certain sacred writings as norms for judging other versions of God’s Word. When I read how much the excluded gospels move from the fantastic to the bizarre, I appreciate her wisdom. Most people seem to believe the books of [...]
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Throughout our history the Church has determined what it accepts as the Word of God by balancing many elements of tradition: charisma, canon, creed, clergy, ceremony, custom, and community. She is constantly correcting the problems that develop when one or more of these gets out of balance. For instance, the Reformation attacked the Roman Church’s [...]
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Two weeks ago I suggested present day false prophets are either liars or bull-shitters. Bob added a third category- the truly stupid. Last week Myron agreed that “an informed consumer” is our best hope in overcoming these “wolves in sheep’s clothing” and “money-grubbing televangelist charlatans”. Obviously, the three of us do not like false prophets. [...]
Last week Bob commented, “How do we separate these false prophets from those who truly proclaim the word of God? I think to do so we have to have a conception, an overall picture, of what Christianity truly is… So from the Bible, other religious writings, sermons, prayer, discussions, etc. each of us must decide [...]
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- LESSON 46 CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY
- LESSON 45 GOD’S WORD IS SPOKEN
- LESSON 44 Conversation as Discernment
- LESSON 43 CONVERSATION AS DISCERNMENT
- LESSON 42 HOW WE DETERMINE GOD’S WORD- COMMUNITY IV
- LESSON 41 HOW WE DETERMINE GOD’S WORD-COMMUNITY III
- LESSON 40 HOW WE DETERMINE GOD’S WORD- COMMUNITY II
- LESSON 39 HOW WE DETERMINE GOD’S WORD- COMMUNITY I
- LESSON 38 HOW WE DETERMINE THE WORD OF GOD- CLERGY
- LESSON 37 HOW DO WE DETERMINE GOD- CEREMONY