Six Questions for Evangelicals to Ask Themselves on Reformation Sunday
1. Ad Fontes. Do we read the Bible as often as we read books about the Bible?
2. Sola Scriptura. Is Scripture alone the supreme authority to which we direct thoughtful attention each day?
3. Priesthood of Believers. Do our neighbors and friends see in us a commitment to gospel ministry worked out in a regular routine of service?
4. Solus Christus. Do we enter God’s presence directly and with confidence by virtue of the high priesthood of Christ?
5. Sola Fide. Do we rest in our Lord’s finished work, accessed by faith alone, as the sole basis of our right-standing with God?
6. Soli Deo Gloria. Do we regularly communicate the good news of Jesus’ death, resurrection, and new creation, believing that the Holy Spirit will extend redemption through the foolishness of this message to save lost people and transform the world?
October 16th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Thanks, Chris. When you make a commitment to a belief system, you have to make sure you are consistently thinking and living in accord with it. Your reminder to us all is timely and important. God bless!
October 26th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Nicely put Chris. Too often it seems we think that celebrating Reformation Sunday means reaffirming our opposition to 16th Century Catholicism. Whereas your checklist directs our thoughts toward the motivating spirit of Christian reformation in any century.
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Great thoughts! I’m posting them (with a link to you, of course). I was particularly pricked by the question about reading books about the Bible instead of reading the Bible itself. Any particular reason you left out sola gratis?
BT
November 8th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
as a longtime evangelical moving toward the Orthodox/Catholic world i find this interesting. Im wondering where the perspective above weighs in on this issue. Thanks.
KW
http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-110709-the-new-look-evangelical-ecumenism-ivcf-splits-at-gwu#more-4995