{"id":921,"date":"2007-01-19T14:03:50","date_gmt":"2007-01-19T14:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=921"},"modified":"2007-01-19T14:03:50","modified_gmt":"2007-01-19T14:03:50","slug":"unbearable_burden_of_evangelic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=921","title":{"rendered":"Unbearable burden of Evangelicalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quote from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leithart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter J. Leithart<\/a>, professor, pastor, Presbyterian.<br \/>\nWell???  Considering my Evangelical past and considering my present, I can agree with him!<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leithart.com\/archives\/002698.php\" target=\"_blank\">Unbearable burden of Evangelicalism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8220;Anti-sacramental, anti-ritual evangelicalism emphasizes a personal relationship with God, but tends to encourage what <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_Giddens\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Giddens<\/a> calls &#8220;pure relationship,&#8221; a relationship that is not tacked down with external anchors and supports. A live-in relationship, without benefit of the rites and legalities of marriage, is a pure relationship. Evangelicalism tends to encourage a live-in relationship with Jesus.<br \/>\nThis is wrong, a departure from Christian tradition, and unbiblical. It also places unbearable burdens on the soul. Tempted by the devil, Luther slapped his forehead to remind himself of his baptism. His standing before God was anchored in Christ, to whom he had been joined by baptism.<br \/>\nFor evangelicals, assurance cannot be grounded in anything so external and objective. Spontaneous enthusiasm is the test of sincerity, and the source of assurance. But eternal, self-scrutinizing vigilance is necessary to ensure that the enthusiasm is really spontaneous.<br \/>\nEnthusiasm was supposed to liberate the soul from all the dead forms, but it comes with its own set of chains. &#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Peter J. Leithart on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 06:55 PM<br \/>\nvia: <a href=\"http:\/\/titusonenine.classicalanglican.net\/\" target=\"blank\">Titusonenine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quote from Peter J. Leithart, professor, pastor, Presbyterian. Well??? Considering my Evangelical past and considering my present, I can agree with him! Unbearable burden of Evangelicalism &#8220;Anti-sacramental, anti-ritual evangelicalism emphasizes a personal relationship with God, but tends to encourage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/?p=921\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hypersync.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}