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ragpicker wrote:Doesn't really matter, as we are out.

Are you joining another group, or embracing the lonely road?

ohio jones wrote:

ragpicker wrote:Doesn't really matter, as we are out.

Are you joining another group, or embracing the lonely road?

Dunno. I think everyone agrees isolation is not what we're looking for.

Ms. Izzie wrote:

joshuabgood wrote:On the other hand if they embrace more traditional Anabaptist thinking, it may feel like worldliness and liberal theology to the reformed crowd.

Could explain in more detail exactly what would feel like worldliness and liberal theology to the reformed crowd?

An example would be the judgment scene in Matthew 25, where Jesus separates the sheep from the goats based on how they have treated "the least of these". Traditional anabaptist thinking affirms that how we treat "the least of these" affects where we will be in eternity. To Reformed people (and evangelicals, to a lesser degree), this is "works salvation". It's also "liberalism" to them because they hear liberals selectively quote Jesus' ethical teachings and then support immorality.

cmbl wrote:

Ms. Izzie wrote:

joshuabgood wrote:On the other hand if they embrace more traditional Anabaptist thinking, it may feel like worldliness and liberal theology to the reformed crowd.

Could explain in more detail exactly what would feel like worldliness and liberal theology to the reformed crowd?

An example would be the judgment scene in Matthew 25, where Jesus separates the sheep from the goats based on how they have treated "the least of these". Traditional anabaptist thinking affirms that how we treat "the least of these" affects where we will be in eternity. To Reformed people (and evangelicals, to a lesser degree), this is "works salvation". It's also "liberalism" to them because they hear liberals selectively quote Jesus' ethical teachings and then support immorality.

Yes to this...another big sticking point is Penal Substitutionary Atonement. Rejecting that model, as the exclusive summation of "the gospel," feels like leaving the "old time religion" and also embracing a "works religion." Also, a Christocentric hermeneutic that subserviates portions of scripture to the life and witness of Jesus, feels like to devaluing the "holy scriptures" to them and embracing a liberal view of "God's Word."

Sorry about letting the word "you" take a hike in my original question.

I have been wondering for the last couple of years what it is about Anabaptists that spawns so many flavors of Anabaptism. This thread itself is yet another flavor. Just... why?

Ms. Izzie wrote:Sorry about letting the word "you" take a hike in my original question.

I have been wondering for the last couple of years what it is about Anabaptists that spawns so many flavors of Anabaptism. This thread itself is yet another flavor. Just... why?

The narcissism of small differences

I can’t help but think of AC DC when I see this.

ragpicker wrote:I can’t help but think of AC DC when I see this.

Anabaptist Conservative Disciples in Christ.

There...I fixed I for you...

joshuabgood wrote:

ragpicker wrote:I can’t help but think of AC DC when I see this.

Anabaptist Conservative Disciples in Christ.

There...I fixed I for you...

Black cars, black hats, black nylons, black suits

Ms. Izzie wrote:I have been wondering for the last couple of years what it is about Anabaptists that spawns so many flavors of Anabaptism. This thread itself is yet another flavor. Just... why?

Is it significantly different from conservative Protestantism? I think any group that puts a lot of emphasis on coming to the right conclusion about the Text will end up splintering a lot.