tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13519403.post3390617733343176866..comments2023-09-08T10:15:41.426-04:00Comments on God Entranced: Calvin on WorshipDan Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13239327568868739040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13519403.post-2764256564541443582009-05-25T15:15:17.614-04:002009-05-25T15:15:17.614-04:00I see the same danger of schism you do and I don't...I see the same danger of schism you do and I don't like it either. Instruments, a cappella, pitch pipes, hymns only, exclusive psalmody, blah blah blah. <br /><br />On the other hand, I see the dangers in drifting too close to the Hooker principle also. I remember reading about a pastor right here in Indiana who had to be rushed to the hospital after a motorcycle accident in the church during the service. Even Hooker is rolling over in his grave!<br /><br />Roland Allen's point is well taken though. Isn't there a way to be firm and convicted without being insensitive to the Spirit?Dan Waughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239327568868739040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13519403.post-69178077541264839302009-05-25T00:38:01.131-04:002009-05-25T00:38:01.131-04:00Forms, elements, circumstances. Almost feels like ...Forms, elements, circumstances. Almost feels like we could write an XML schema for proper worship! (Sorry, had to throw in a bit of technology talk since this is clearly a technical discussion.)<br /><br />Actually, this is something I've been thinking quite a bit about since Bob brought up his confessional vs. polity issues in a recent BOE discussion. I need to talk to him about that distinction, because it seems to me there may be a third category. But I digress.<br /><br />I think 30 years ago I was strongly of the regulative persuasion but now I've moved closer to Hooker. But not fully. The problem with being regulative is that no two regulative people ever agree and it inevitably leads to schisms and phariseeism. And it betrays a certain lack of faith in the Spirit of God and a certain overconfidence in human analytical ability to sort everything out properly. I think Roland Allen captures it well in his concept, "fear for the doctrine" in his book, The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church. We get so afraid of error that we end up quenching the Spirit and spawning a whole new bunch of errors.<br /><br />Well, it's too late at night for me to write more coherently about this. I will only add that I LOVE Calvin's desire for a weekly Communion. Oddly, Luther wanted the same thing, but he didn't get it either. That's one of the things I miss from the Plymouth Brethren.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172274173798248653noreply@blogger.com