Thoughtfully Reformed
I am so way, far behind on blogging! My final (and fourth) draft is due to Jossey-Bass on June 1, so it's difficult to write here when that's breathing down my neck. I'm also traveling to speak every weekend this month.
I was at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan for the first half of last weekend. As I arrived, I saw two girls walking down the sidewalk in full Dutch costume with wooden clogs on. No joke. Turned out it was the weekend of the annual Tulip Festival. Of course, I immediately thought this meant they were celebrating driscollian/piperian theology, but in fact it was the flowers they were excited about.
Speaking of reformed theology, I found the folks at WTS to be warm, open, evangelical, and reformed. They were thoughtful, and not the least bit reactionary. Surely some didn't like all that I had to say, but their hospitality trumped any disagreements.
The conference was for area youth workers, as well as interested seminarians and Hope College students. When I meet people like that, I almost reconsider my current thoughts about seminary education...
I was at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan for the first half of last weekend. As I arrived, I saw two girls walking down the sidewalk in full Dutch costume with wooden clogs on. No joke. Turned out it was the weekend of the annual Tulip Festival. Of course, I immediately thought this meant they were celebrating driscollian/piperian theology, but in fact it was the flowers they were excited about.
Speaking of reformed theology, I found the folks at WTS to be warm, open, evangelical, and reformed. They were thoughtful, and not the least bit reactionary. Surely some didn't like all that I had to say, but their hospitality trumped any disagreements.
The conference was for area youth workers, as well as interested seminarians and Hope College students. When I meet people like that, I almost reconsider my current thoughts about seminary education...
posted by tony at 11:28 AM
5 Comments:
Interesting Tony. Having grown up in the Reformed Church (meaning the Dutch version), I have found little that I recognize in reformed theology ala Driscoll, MacArthur, and friends. I don't know what the similarities and differences are, but the reformed opinions I run across in the blogosphere bear no resemblence to the Reformed Church I knew as a child.
We'll see you in DC tomorrow. Georgetown and Tony and a good import. How could we go wrong!
kdl
Good to see a post and that talks went well.
Tony,
Thanks for joining us in Holland last week, it was great to be with you.
I'm curious if that last comment means you're skeptical of seminary education, or if you have considered a teaching position?
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