tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post7559982172950873169..comments2023-10-03T10:53:51.102-04:00Comments on Next Generation Evangelistic Network: The Value of the ExperienceDr. Terry Dorsetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964444127928103488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-21336112753920321212011-10-20T21:32:43.084-04:002011-10-20T21:32:43.084-04:00Michael,
Thanks for your input. I liked your state...Michael,<br />Thanks for your input. I liked your statement "...I think that there is a very real danger of having knowledge without zeal." I think that conservative evangelicalism is often guilty of that. We really need both.<br /><br />TerryDr. Terry Dorsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964444127928103488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-28417094246143513272011-10-20T19:32:19.044-04:002011-10-20T19:32:19.044-04:00I wonder if the younger generation may have someth...I wonder if the younger generation may have something. I think of how the people of the Scriptures stepped out in faith and then God revealed His plan or showed Himself mighty or brought His deliverance. Stagnant intellectualism is of little value for it will process truth mentally but never experience it in actuality. <br /><br />I think that there is a need for balance in this. Truly the Scripture says that we must not have zeal without knowledge, but I think that there is a very real danger of having knowledge without zeal. It's nice to be able to answer all the questions in Sunday school, but that knowledge must move outside and apply to real life.<br /><br />Oswald Chambers spoke often of the "experimental" faith. Not in the modern sense of conducting an experiment. We would term it today an "experiential" faith. It is something that must go beyond our intellect and find its way to actual living. For we are fools if we look into the word of God and then turn away without obeying it.<br /><br />Perhaps the balance is found when we come to the knowledge of the truth and then passionately pursue faithfulness to the Lord Jesus in accordance to it.Rev. Michael Duncanhttp://www.michael-duncan.netnoreply@blogger.com