I don't understand why Reformed Christians can't embrace their emotions as they express their faith. There are times I come to tears when partaking in the Lord's Supper or when singing His praises in worship. What I sense you doing is apologizing for what has been preceived as a lack of the "burning heart" in reformed Christians that Jesus' desciples experienced after they walked with Him on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24: "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road...?” We 24 ddddhy were their hearts burning? Because, "...He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”
Jesus explained the problem quite clearly, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! " Perhaps we need to do just that, "believe in all that the prophets have spoken" and stop picking and choosing what we wish to believe or what suits us. Perhaps the loss of belief in the innerrancy of the Scriptures is the problem! Perhaps the CRC should return to belonging to NAPARC (the National Association of Protestant and Reformed Congregations) and stop drifting towards Pentecostalism.
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Sam,
I don't understand why Reformed Christians can't embrace their emotions as they express their faith. There are times I come to tears when partaking in the Lord's Supper or when singing His praises in worship. What I sense you doing is apologizing for what has been preceived as a lack of the "burning heart" in reformed Christians that Jesus' desciples experienced after they walked with Him on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24: "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road...?” We 24 ddddhy were their hearts burning? Because, "...He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”
Jesus explained the problem quite clearly, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! " Perhaps we need to do just that, "believe in all that the prophets have spoken" and stop picking and choosing what we wish to believe or what suits us. Perhaps the loss of belief in the innerrancy of the Scriptures is the problem! Perhaps the CRC should return to belonging to NAPARC (the National Association of Protestant and Reformed Congregations) and stop drifting towards Pentecostalism.