tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23758043.post-19986469722271922162008-01-16T23:51:00.000-05:002008-01-16T23:51:00.000-05:00Derek,<BR/><BR/>Just a quick comment here -- I believe these eight points could describe almost every denomination and sect of Christianity in one way or another.<BR/><BR/>Anti-Intellectual - most would not want their adherents questioning their most adhered too doctrines -- and while each having their "scholars", they would not promote scholarly thinking among believers per se'.<BR/><BR/>Hyper-emotional - while this one is more exclusively Pentecostal/charismatic -- I beleive the seeker-sensitive model is rapidly changing that.<BR/><BR/>Ahistorical - almost all (with the exception of Calvinists and Catholics) reject church history as of viable importance. Most keep to only their denominational history and miss out on so much.<BR/><BR/>Spiritual-elitism - which denomination/sect doesn't believe they are the best? (I would suppose that anyone belonging to a particular group of believers would do so b/c they believed them to be the best). <BR/><BR/>Selective hermeneutic - thus, we have doctrinal papers -- once again -- with each having their own specialized denominational (or "non") emphasis.<BR/><BR/>Pragmatic spirituality - a truth that has always been the case in the church -- even in our efforts to back off we becoe pragmatic in our spirituality -- therefore we blog...<BR/><BR/>Cultural disdain - a problem of the church at large since almost the very beginning...<BR/><BR/>Over-realized eschatology - I hear what you're saying here - but not exclusively a Pentecostal/charismatic problem. I would interject -- eschatology (what I think on the end of things) is a biblical concept (however one may be slanted in their thinking) -- and that "over realized" is somewhat of an "over-relative" statement. <BR/><BR/>Very interesting "conversation" -- thanks for the post -- may God bless.<BR/><BR/>p.s. went a little longer than expected - sorry.OPMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16892682137266936445noreply@blogger.com