Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Reformed Humility

I always enjoy reading Ray Ortlund. I was first introduced to Ray through his devotional book on Romans, A Passion for God. Since then I have been a fan. He has a great post on the tendency in reformed circles to be proud. You can find the article here
it is worth reading. Here is the conclusion:

My Reformed friend, can you move among other Christian groups and really enjoy them? Do you admire them? Even if you disagree with them in some ways, do you learn from them? What is the emotional tilt of your heart – toward them or away from them? If your Reformed theology has morphed functionally into Galatian sociology, the remedy is not to abandon your Reformed theology. The remedy is to take your Reformed theology to a deeper level. Let it reduce you to Jesus only. Let it humble you. Let this gracious doctrine make you a fun person to be around. The proof that we are Reformed will be all the wonderful Christians we discover around us who are not Reformed. Amazing people. Heroic people. Blood-bought people. People with whom we are eternally one – in Christ alone.

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