Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Calvin Gave Us Pietism, UOJ, and Church Growth: Cr...":
Much is becoming clearer. Could you please explain further the meaning of "separating the Holy Spirit from the Word" along with some examples. Thank you.
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I am going to link some posts below. You can also use the search function on the blog. Understanding Enthusiasm is essential for dealing with CG, Pietism, and UOJ.
Enthusiasm - Grants
Smalcald Articles, Enthusiasm, Church and Chicanery
Briefly, Zwingli and Calvin separated the Holy Spirit from the Word by teaching the Holy Spirit is "sovereign" and can operated with or without the Word and Sacraments. If you look for Calvin quotations on this blog, you will find plenty of examples.
ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Separating the Holy Spirit from the Word
