For those unconvinced of the Regulative Principle of Worship

[Michael]

[video=youtube;CLmjVDQMQUs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLmjVDQMQUs[/video]

 

[fishingpipe]

Did I hear a vuvuzela about half way through?

 

[seajayrice]

Another Chapter from the Handbook

Why I'm Presbyterian.

 

[Rich Koster]

Hey, at least they weren't barking on all fours

 

[travstar]

Did I hear a vuvuzela about half way through?

I vote yes. Wow.

 

[Notthemama1984]

I've seen some crazy things, but when the guy flipped into the baptismal my jaw dropped.

 

[Whitefield]

false dichotomy

 

[TimV]

Do it yourself baptism!

 

[FenderPriest]

false dichotomy

word.

 

[jason d]

throw the baby out with the bathwater

 

[JoyFullMom]

Brings back bad memories from childhood.

 

[Christopher88]

No reverence at all. This is a sad video and if a non Christian viewed that, the gospel is at a lost due to these men.

 

[Jack K]

Why I'm Presbyterian.

Where everything is done "decently and in order."

 

[devonturnbaugh]

WOW.... that's all I can say about that. This is why we need some good persecution in the American church so that God can purge this sort of thing.

 

[Whitefield]

WOW.... that's all I can say about that. This is why we need some good persecution in the American church so that God can purge this sort of thing.

Seriously, you can't be advocating persecution of these people.

 

[Whitefield]

WOW.... that's all I can say about that. This is why we need some good persecution in the American church so that God can purge this sort of thing.

Seriously, you can't be advocating persecution of these people.

Trying to place the best construction on Mr. Turnbaugh's post, I would charitably assume he meant that God would bring persecution on all the visible Church in America so that ridiculous worship practices, etc. like these might be rooted out. I seriously doubt that he meant to imply that we should go persecute these people specifically. Of course, I confess, I wouldn't be the least displeased if the Magistrate "persecuted" these folks in the form of performing his rightful duties a la WCF 23.3:

. . . yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire; that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed; all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed; and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.​

Well, that's why I asked if he was serious.

 

[Mushroom]

Only thing missing was pew runnin', but most of those guys didn't look in good enough shape for that.

 

[BeanBoy64]

I have always felt uneasy when seeing or hearing of events like this. Until I heard about the Regulative Principle of Worship. I'm very grateful for that teaching!

 

[seajayrice]

So THAT is the Regulative Principle I have heard so much about? Looks pretty unregulated.

 

[TheElk]

OP, is this a video of your baptism?

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WOW.... that's all I can say about that. This is why we need some good persecution in the American church so that God can purge this sort of thing.

Seriously, you can't be advocating persecution of these people.

I took it to mean that it wouldn't hurt the church to have a little purification by fire.

 

[Pergamum]

I don't think there is any need to apologize or shrink back from stating that the Western Church needs persecution.

If this trait of the church is something that is to be expected as the Gospel goes out..and if we lack it, then we need to ask ourselves WHY.

 

[proregno]

I had to look twice to see if it is true. Do not know whether to laugh or cry, maybe both ?

I was amazed that the men still had jacket & tie outfits, is that not a 'decent and in order' thing to get rid of ?

Bobo the Clown outfits would have fitted much better for the occasion.

And why aren't the women allowed to go ape ?

 

[Peairtach]

Surely these guys were engaging in some kind of unusual running and jumping dance, justified in our simpler and more spiritual New Covenant era by reference to the Psalms that mention dancing

 

[Grillsy]

Kind of makes me wish we would take WCF 23:3 seriously...seriously!

 

[devonturnbaugh]

WOW.... that's all I can say about that. This is why we need some good persecution in the American church so that God can purge this sort of thing.

Seriously, you can't be advocating persecution of these people.

I am not advocating that we persecute them but simply stating the fact that persecution in the church gets rid of nonsense like this.

 

[Skyler]

WOW.... that's all I can say about that. This is why we need some good persecution in the American church so that God can purge this sort of thing.

Personally I'm rooting for a good Spirit-led second Reformation. But that's just me.

 

[py3ak]

I thought this sort of thing was somewhat traditional in certain churches. At least my dad always used to say that in Harold Sightler's church there was a man who would get up and run around while the sermon was being preached.

 

[TheElk]

I thought this sort of thing was somewhat traditional in certain churches. At least my dad always used to say that in Harold Sightler's church there was a man who would get up and run around while the sermon was being preached.

Maybe churches should remove some pews and put in treadmills and lead the fight against obesity!

 

[py3ak]

I don't think treadmills are as conducive to exuberant feeling.

 

[Joseph Scibbe]

This is a false borad brush painting of those that are non-RPW. And I believe that constitutes a 9th commandment violation.