I don’t think I’ve ever been near deconstruction, but I have definitely gone through a recalibration as a 4th-gen Pentecostal with an intellectual bent.
Yes, that's pretty much were I'm coming from. I remember telling my wife at one point, "I can't turn off my mind." I believe God is big enough to handle our questions. What has been your biggest or most difficult recalibration?
I’ve never had a major issue with the continuation of the charismata (I’ve written quite a bit defending continuationism and pointing out holes in cessationist arguments. But I have also spoken up concerning excesses in “charismania.”
I guess my biggest recalibration would be shifting from dispensational premillennialism (the only thing I heard growing up) to a historic premil view of the end times.
I also have a penchant for debunking stuff that “preaches good” but simply isn’t supported by the text and serious theological reflection.
We’ve had a similar journey. When I left the charismatic movement I swung to the opposite side and became a strict cessationist. But after time I saw the flaws in that position and moved more to the center. I’m not going to tell God what he can and can’t do. Also, the excesses you mention were a factor in my leaving. I was in the movement when the health, wealth, and prosperity preachers were beginning to gain traction.
And I, too, moved away from dispensational premillennialism. That comes up later in this series. I ended up being more of an amillennialist, although I did some reading in historical premillennialism.
I don’t think I’ve ever been near deconstruction, but I have definitely gone through a recalibration as a 4th-gen Pentecostal with an intellectual bent.
Yes, that's pretty much were I'm coming from. I remember telling my wife at one point, "I can't turn off my mind." I believe God is big enough to handle our questions. What has been your biggest or most difficult recalibration?
I’ve never had a major issue with the continuation of the charismata (I’ve written quite a bit defending continuationism and pointing out holes in cessationist arguments. But I have also spoken up concerning excesses in “charismania.”
I guess my biggest recalibration would be shifting from dispensational premillennialism (the only thing I heard growing up) to a historic premil view of the end times.
I also have a penchant for debunking stuff that “preaches good” but simply isn’t supported by the text and serious theological reflection.
We’ve had a similar journey. When I left the charismatic movement I swung to the opposite side and became a strict cessationist. But after time I saw the flaws in that position and moved more to the center. I’m not going to tell God what he can and can’t do. Also, the excesses you mention were a factor in my leaving. I was in the movement when the health, wealth, and prosperity preachers were beginning to gain traction.
And I, too, moved away from dispensational premillennialism. That comes up later in this series. I ended up being more of an amillennialist, although I did some reading in historical premillennialism.