{"id":1266,"date":"2006-08-31T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-31T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/you-know-youre-not-reformed-if.html"},"modified":"2006-08-31T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-31T11:13:00","slug":"you-know-youre-not-reformed-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/you-know-youre-not-reformed-if.html","title":{"rendered":"You know you&#8217;re not Reformed if&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to share this with you even though it&#8217;s a few days old; because laughter is good medicine, right?<br \/>\nI saw this the other day at the <a href=\"http:\/\/kimriddlebarger.squarespace.com\/the-latest-post\/2006\/8\/14\/you-know-you-are-not-reformed-if-.html\">Riddleblog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You know you are not Reformed if<br \/>\n. . . you think the Apostles Creed is the guy who fought Rocky in Rocky I.<br \/>\n. . . you think the Canons of Dort are like the Guns of Navarrone.<br \/>\n. . . you think Ursinus is a nasal condition.<br \/>\n. . . you think Arminians are the people who run convenience stores.<br \/>\n. . . you think the Belgic Confession was from WWII war crimes trials.<br \/>\n. . . you think &#8220;popery&#8221; in the church makes it smell flowery.<br \/>\n. . . you think the psalter goes with the pepper shaker.<br \/>\n. . . you think unconditional election is a practice of communist dictatorships.<br \/>\n. . . the only &#8220;kirk&#8221; you know is from Star Trek.<br \/>\n. . . you think the Three Forms of Unity are health, wealth, and happiness.<br \/>\n. . . you think &#8220;catechism&#8221; and &#8220;dogma&#8221; relate to pets.<br \/>\n. . . you think Post Tenebras Lux is a breakfast cereal (it&#8217;s actually the motto of post-Reformation Geneva). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out the post comments, it keeps going&#8230;<br \/>\nOn a related issue, my husband and I have recently started going to a Presbyterian church and the congregation recites the Apostle&#8217;s Creed as part of the order of worship.  During one of the first sermons we heard there the Pastor challenged the congregation not to just <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">say<\/span> the words but to <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">know <\/span>what those words mean.  To be able to articulate what you believe is something  that every Christian should be concerned with.  Because if you don&#8217;t really understand what you are saying how can you articulate it others?  Like to your children or your neighbor or your unsaved family members?<br \/>\nWell, I found this great resource that we will be using to help our family understand this historic creed.  It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccel.org\/ccel\/luther\/smallcat.text.ii.1.html\">Luther&#8217;s Little Instruction Book<\/a>; &#8220;The simple way a father should present it to his household&#8221;.    If you already know it, pass it on to someone you know who could benefit from it.<br \/>\nShalom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to share this with you even though it&#8217;s a few days old; because laughter is good medicine, right? 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