Comments on: A Charismatic Civil War?

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:42:09 +0000

Thanks SLW, absolutely correct.

The problem with Lakeland responses is that so many have made unbrotherly assumptions and called the whole thing a work of Satan.

Everyone that does think it to be a sovereign move has become supersensitive and gunshy of all the criticism.

Unfortunately, for so many it is becoming an all or nothing proposition. I think that is what Grady is observing.

By: slw

slw — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:52:30 +0000

What’s wrong with having some reservations. What’s one to do, deny his or her own convictions? As long as one doesn’t make an unbrotherly assumptions, or lash out without deference to our bonds in Christ, questions always have to be fine. We’re not to Lord our authority nor our gifts over our brothers and sisters, are any of us above their honest questions?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:07:27 +0000

Carl:

Actually, I think that he gives some good suggestions here about how we should respond in case we do have some reservations.

It is far better than tossing a grenade at a brother like some of the heresy hunters continue to do. For so many it’s an all or nothing issue. We really need to get past that.

Grady has actually gotten a lot of heat from both sides lately from some of his Lakeland comments.

By: Carl Thomas

Carl Thomas — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:59:12 +0000

Grady ends the article with three suggestions but lets not forget that in 2 of the 3 he spends an entire paragraph each outlining his reservations about Bentley’s meetings. What is lost on Grady is that it is this type of attack that is causing the riff.