Hi Billy, > On Dec 31, 2018, at 11:47 AM, Billy Rojas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Which says to me that the future must be very different than anything > that 99% of Evangelicals think it should be. > > You are free to disagree. Fine with me. No problem with that. But if one's > goal > is the willing acceptance of the young in a religious faith, then what? > > Do you really think that a new reformation will be Azuza Mark II? > I sure do not. I think it will be more like Martin Luther Mark II, > complete with major political upheavals and a war against Islam. > More to the point, I think it will be partly Buddhist in character > and partly "other," even if the core will be Christian and Biblical. > > It is all about your -anyone’s- vision of the future.
I’m more radical that. I think the old Reformation was well-intentioned, but ultimately a mistake. A New Reformation is the wrong model, just as much as a new Revival is. You can’t go back to that well, it’s already been poisoned. Maybe it always was. I’ve started playing with the term ‘The Redemption’ instead. Reconciling Protestant, Catholic and Protestants around Christ, in a way that honoring yet inviting to other faith traditions. I still consider myself part of the Evangelical camp, but I have no actual loyalty to most of the things Evangelicals care about. Give me Jesus, and the world. That’s all I ask. — Ernie P. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
