Being both Reformed and charismatic is like being a “theological orphan,” says The Village Church’s Matt Chandler, and he implores both camps to quit tearing each other down. The two groups, he says, are acting like “divorced parents” and he wants to see them remarried.
In a Nov. 12 sermon on spiritual gifts, Chandler explained why The Village Church is a “continuous” congregation, one that believes that the gifts of the Holy Spirit the Apostle Paul speaks of in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14 are for today. The opposing view, known as cessationism, teaches that those gifts ceased with the death with the Apostles, and that perspective is held by many Reformed Christians.
“My whole life in Christ, I have felt like a theological orphan,” he said.
“To be Reformed and charismatic — that’s a theological muck. I have felt like the child of divorced parents who badmouth one another every time I’m at their house for the weekend.”
Chandler illustrated that when he goes to his proverbial Reformed dad’s house, dad says: “Your mom’s such a loon. I swear, here, give her this book to read. … I just don’t understand, does she know that she’s deceived, she’s probably letting demons in…
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