Comments on: David Wells' Call for a New Reformation http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/02/11/david-wells-call-for-a-new-reformation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-wells-call-for-a-new-reformation Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 24 May 2012 14:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Demian Farnworth http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/02/11/david-wells-call-for-a-new-reformation/#comment-4085 Demian Farnworth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:47:50 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=2804#comment-4085 Once again, dynamite review. Once again, dynamite review.

]]> By: Mason http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/02/11/david-wells-call-for-a-new-reformation/#comment-4084 Mason Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:16:02 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=2804#comment-4084 “Wells challenges evangelicals to resist postmodernism as a way of returning to Reformation principles.” Having not read the book I have a question. Does Wells make a particularly good case that we should see returning to “Reformation principles” as equaling a return to orthodoxy, a return to an inherently more ‘true’ highpoint of the faith? …I think there is much to value in the Reformation heritage, but they did not seem to see themselves as setting up the once-for-all time form of Christian thought. To make Reformation era thought the standard we must measure up to feels like it is giving the appearance of faithfulness to the mission of the Reformers while in actuality betraying many of the very principles they were fighting for. “Wells challenges evangelicals to resist postmodernism as a way of returning to Reformation principles.”

Having not read the book I have a question.
Does Wells make a particularly good case that we should see returning to “Reformation principles” as equaling a return to orthodoxy, a return to an inherently more ‘true’ highpoint of the faith?
…I think there is much to value in the Reformation heritage, but they did not seem to see themselves as setting up the once-for-all time form of Christian thought. To make Reformation era thought the standard we must measure up to feels like it is giving the appearance of faithfulness to the mission of the Reformers while in actuality betraying many of the very principles they were fighting for.

]]> By: Matthew 18:20 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/02/11/david-wells-call-for-a-new-reformation/#comment-4083 Matthew 18:20 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:36:51 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=2804#comment-4083 One might also critique Wells's doctrine of the church, which is his own unrecognized submission to the spirit of the age. One might also critique Wells’s doctrine of the church, which is his own unrecognized submission to the spirit of the age.

]]> By: pastor jim sharp http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/02/11/david-wells-call-for-a-new-reformation/#comment-4082 pastor jim sharp Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:10:51 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=2804#comment-4082 i believe that wells has articulated very well the impact of postmodernism on evangelical (american) christianity. ... at the same time "proclamation of the truth" (doctrine)does not fully address the call to "lift up Christ". the one is cerebral ... the other relational. too often we neglect the mystery of godliness element -- that Christ is risen and reigns and calls us into relationship (with Him and then all others). the one is religion (orthodoxy) ... the other personal ie. "that i may know Him". i believe that wells has articulated very well the impact of postmodernism on evangelical (american) christianity. … at the same time “proclamation of the truth” (doctrine)does not fully address the call to “lift up Christ”. the one is cerebral … the other relational. too often we neglect the mystery of godliness element — that Christ is risen and reigns and calls us into relationship (with Him and then all others). the one is religion (orthodoxy) … the other personal ie. “that i may know Him”.

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