Rev Dave writes,<\/p>\n
\n“Keep rocking the quadrilateral” Ha! +1 tripp!\n<\/p>\n
As a transplanted Methodist, I had a similar thought (and we were just this week teaching the quad to our Confirmation class).<\/p>\n
Though I wasn’t brought up in that tradition, it seems to me that
\nthe quadrilateral is the most honest depiction of how we determine our
\nbeliefs. The four exist in tension, and all are needed. As much as some
\nwould like to believe otherwise, it is just not possible to base our
\nbeliefs on scripture alone. We always filter what we read through these
\nother lenses. Even when we don’t know we’re doing so.<\/p>\nAnyway, I appreciate Tony’s thoughts here on experience. I won’t
\nbore with extensive details, but my mind and heart were completely
\nchanged by an experience I had (in a seminary classroom no less!). In a
\npastoral care class I met several gay men. As they talked about their
\nfaith, one said – and I hope I never forget this – “This is what I know
\nfor sure: I am 100% a man, 100% a Christian, and 100% gay.”\n<\/p>\nIt was, in the ineffable way of such times, a holy moment; an intrusion
\nof God’s Spirit on my entire being. I gained a new understanding of
\nwhat it means to follow Jesus that day, and I’m a completely different
\nperson, a completely different disciple, a completely different pastor,
\nbecause of it.<\/p>\nI say it would be inhuman not to include experience in this
\ndiscussion. For experience is a valid, important, age-old (you might
\neven call it traditional!) teacher.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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