What is wrong with reformed presbyterianism? - part 1: no Ravenhill
I admit I have chosen an odd title for a blog entry on a site dedicated to revival and authored by a reformed presbyterian minister. Part of me would like to say that nothing is wrong with reformed presbyterianism. But something is very much wrong. I don't mean to say that there is something very wrong with the thing itself, but something very wrong with reformed presbyterianism as it is in our day. A little background... My roots are Baptist. I spent a few years on the mission field as a child, and in my early adulthood I spent some years in charismatic churches (pentecostal and non-denominational). In the reformed world there is a love for doctrines and distinctions. We are truth men. Many of us are confessional. We ought to be! We read old books and circulate them. We love good publishing companies like Banner of Truth . But there is something almost too civilized about us. I re...