Thursday, July 23, 2009

Your Pietism Detection Kit





You are a Pietist if:



  1. You imagine love converts people - and you really hate those who disagree.
  2. You consider your worship and study with Pentecostals/Babtists a delicious secret, which you share with about 1/3 your ministerium.
  3. You say "Where are the grant application forms" even more often than "Eighth Commandment!"
  4. You dismiss the historic Christian faith as "legalism."
  5. You are visibly excited whenever someone claims to be converted by an Enthusiast.
  6. You think Holy Communion is detrimental to a good service.
  7. You think the liturgy is a barrier to growth.
  8. You wince when you hear the word "Creed."
  9. You realize that a fix-it talk is much more effective than a Law/Gospel sermon.
  10. You send nasty, crude, foul-mouthed, anonymous comments to Ichabod.