If you suspect that how you *think* about God might be at least as important as how you *feel* about God, …
If you believe that the fact that a doctrine is described in the Bible supercedes your personal feelings about that doctrine, …
If you feel that nagging suspicion that something isn’t right when the pastor can preach an entire sermon series without ever opening a Bible, …
The following was written by Jody Harris, a member of my church on describing what it means to be Reformed in your theology.
You might be Reformed …
If you think prayer is more than just trying to manipulate God into giving you what you want, …
If you think that there are things more important to God than your comfort, …
If you think the Bible has more to say about the Church than just the second chapter of Acts, …
If you suspect that how you *think* about God might be at least as important as how you *feel* about God, …
If you believe that the fact that a doctrine is described in the Bible supercedes your personal feelings about that doctrine, …
If you feel that nagging suspicion that something isn’t right when the pastor can preach an entire sermon series without ever opening a Bible, …
If you think that all of those letters that Paul, Peter, James and John wrote to the churches have something to do with how the Church should look today, …
If you think that there has to be more to the Christian life than just being nice, …
If you have always suspected that the pickandchoose belief buffet can’t really reflect Christianity as it is expressed in Scripture, …
If the theology of, “God has a plan, and it’s all about you!” makes you suspicious, …
If you like the hymns unrelated to “tradition,” but because they are meaningful and true; in contrast with the mindless drivel of “modern worship” songs, …
If you accept God’s election because you find the doctrine clearly stated in Romans, even if you don’t “like it,” …
If you get a little creeped out when someone stands up in church and declares, “I’ve had a revelation from God,” …
If a “worship service” comprised of 45 minutes of near meaningless, highly repetitive songs leaves you hungering and thirsting for something real and meaningful, …
If you’ve secretly abandoned Dispensationalism for not making sense, and gone searching for an eschatology that actually reflects what is taught in Scripture.
Timothy Hammons is a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America and currently serves as Pastor of Redeemer Christian Fellowship in Roswell, New Mexico. This article appeared on his personal blog and is used with permission.
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