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Speaking Prophetically

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Those of you who have been hanging out here for a while will remember an article I linked back on June 8 called An Unworkable Theology by Philip Turner. One of the points he wrote about dealt with the tendency in the church for us to claim "being prophetic" to justify about any action. PCUSA Pastor Rob Harrison wrote a Viewpoint for Presbyweb today called Speaking Prophetically. I am not sure I endorse everything he says here, but I do share his annoyance with using "being prophetic" as a synonym for the Democrat party platform. That is called posturing, not prophecy.

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2 responses to “Speaking Prophetically”

  1. will spotts Avatar
    will spotts

    It is interesting that in discussing Christian Zionism the PNS and Washington office have used the term false prophet to describe its propenents. Yet none of the proponents of that viewpoint (even the skewed charicature of it presented by those sources) claimed to be speaking prophetically. Fasle prophet cannot apply here.
    However, when advocating the democratic party platform and claiming to be speaking prophetic, that description is at least possible.

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  2. Denis Hancock Avatar
    Denis Hancock

    In my years of following General Assembly from afar, I have noted many instances where someone makes a statement like “The Holy Spirit was truly among us and the margin of victory shows it.” Or “Since this vote was so close, the Holy Spirit has not spoken clearly to us.”
    Hmmm. The Holy Spirit is to be found in the margin of victory?
    As for the Spirit not speaking clearly — perhaps it is because we do not listen?
    Prophetic voices are more clearly identified looking back over history, yet as long as we speak from our study of the Word we are moving in the right direction.

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