tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post7886884499836616852..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Conservative / Charismatic DifferencesJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-4594288661404529462007-08-20T08:01:00.000+01:002007-08-20T08:01:00.000+01:00Surely discernment is just a spiritual gift useful...Surely discernment is just a spiritual gift useful for checking whether someone's got demons or not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-24433715154212915932007-08-18T16:05:00.000+01:002007-08-18T16:05:00.000+01:00Caleb - probably depends where you are. The usual ...Caleb - probably depends where you are. The usual reasons I hear from conservatives for rejecting charismatic stuff are often valid - saying God is already present, no need for what often amounts to emotional masturbation, stuff centred on my experience rather than God. As you say, though, that often then results in being discerning but then overdoing it and throwing the baby out with the Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-84485931046420026012007-08-18T15:40:00.000+01:002007-08-18T15:40:00.000+01:00Makes sense, but for - shall we say a friend of mi...Makes sense, but for - shall we say a friend of mine(!) - the key question is whether a pretty conservative evangelical (pretty as measure of degree rather than attractiveness!) could survive and flourish doing a curacy in a largish new wine church? Any thoughts?frostyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838202774762382297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-64023451132827590982007-08-18T15:34:00.000+01:002007-08-18T15:34:00.000+01:00I'm not sure I agree that the problem is over-disc...I'm not sure I agree that the problem is over-discernment on the conservative side. I think the danger at both extremes is wanting a blanket answer rather than one that requires genuine discernment. So at the Conservative extreme you have an uncritical rejection of all things charismatic, while at the Charismatic extreme, you have uncritical acceptance of any passing phenomenon. But I'd agree Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14761353888872137118noreply@blogger.com