tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13519403.post7809534670491276254..comments2023-09-08T10:15:41.426-04:00Comments on God Entranced: the shrinking of doctrineDan Waughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13239327568868739040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13519403.post-43915392801003263772009-01-06T10:09:00.000-05:002009-01-06T10:09:00.000-05:00Ah, okay. Yep, that answers my question! Thanks. I...Ah, okay. Yep, that answers my question! Thanks. I actually have another one of Wells' books but haven't read it ... maybe I should!seghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105747568589755553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13519403.post-45534019207704857742009-01-06T09:05:00.000-05:002009-01-06T09:05:00.000-05:00Hmmm back at ya. I'm not sure - there's nothing in...Hmmm back at ya. I'm not sure - there's nothing in this book that indicates that, though it is book five or six in a series and I've only read one of the others. He certainly is reformed, but doesn't seem to venerate Calvin of Luther. <BR/><BR/>Actually, at one point when he is considering what labels could possibly replace 'evangelical' (since it's a very imprecise word now a days) he says something like, 'first I'm a Christian, then a biblical Christian, then a historic biblical Christian and then a reformational biblical Christian', or something like that. In other words, reformed isn't his main identifying mark. <BR/><BR/>I think he would say the principles of the reformation are essential and that the recovery of these biblical principles marks a high point in the church, though he also shows respect for the early church, the Puritans and the early evangelicals. <BR/><BR/>Don't know if that answers the question or not, but it's the best I got at this point in my reading.Dan Waughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239327568868739040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13519403.post-23257683960262412432009-01-05T23:56:00.000-05:002009-01-05T23:56:00.000-05:00Hmmm, this could reveal my lackluster knowledge of...Hmmm, this could reveal my lackluster knowledge of church history ... <BR/>but is it the assumption behind Wells' book that the Reformation is the pinnacle of church history? Or, I guess phrased another way, that the Reformation was the best thing that happened to Christianity?seghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105747568589755553noreply@blogger.com