This week, Ken and Grant continue their discussion on the New Reformation. They unpack the first two tenants of seven to help us define Reformation. We look forward to what God has in store for all of us living and working in His Kingdom.
Seven Tenants of the New Reformation:
1. Heartfelt Spirituality-Salvation is by Faith alone.
2. The Bible is the Center of all Things
-The Bible governs our thinking, believing, and leadership.
-The Bible is a benchmark for what's in-bounds and out-of-bounds, not only doctrinally but also behaviorally.
-What does the Bible call for?
-What's normative in the Bible, and are we doing it?
-The Bible is over church tradition.
3. No More Financial Excess
-Removing ties to conflicts of interest.
-We can't demand anything from the Lord, but we can ask.
-People cannot be viewed as a means to an end, but we are to view people as made in the image of God.
-No more manipulation.
4. No More Sexual Excess
5. The Christianity We Articulate Needs to be Consistent with Historic Christianity
-Fight for our historic forms of Faith.
-How was the Faith practiced?
-Continue to lift up the supremacy of Scripture as we keep our eye on tradition.
6. The Priesthood of all Believers
-The Holy Spirit is distributed to each one.
-The gifts of the Holy Spirit are distributed to each one.
-Everyone can be involved in ministering or ministry.
-We need to get away from the idea that everything is pastor-centric.
-It is equipping the saints for the work of ministry.
-There is still order and roles to play within the church.
7. The Lack of Political Entanglements
-The church did not have much political power in the first 300 years of existence.
-In the first 300 years, the church participated in the political process, which is not the same as holding political power.
-We can't forcibly bring down the Kingdom of God.
-We absolutely do want Christians in politics, with the idea that they will lead righteously and justly.
-How we lead has to be consistent with the things of God.
-We can't legitimize immorality.
-Every time the church gets involved in politics, it becomes corrupt because it begins to side with its own self-interest rather than siding with God.
-We need to vote as Christians.
"There is no place in the spiritual where male on male, female on female, or in that manner cross-dressing is spoken about in a favorable manner." - Ken Fish
"All of us are called to refrain from sexual relations outside of the bounds of marriage." - Ken Fish
"The Bible is over church tradition." - Ken Fish
"Salvation comes through Faith in Christ alone, AND there is a clear understanding that a believer's life is to change." - Ken Fish
"One of our values at Orbis is that we do not manipulate people." - Ken Fish
"Be careful demanding things from a Holy God." - Grant Pemberton
"We don't use dreams and vision to write doctrine; that's where we draw the line." - Ken Fish
"I have heard you quote more Latin this hour than my entire life." - Grant Pemberton