Does anyone ever get the vibe that in some Christian traditions, they've got their theology so worked out, so rationalized, so explained, that any seeming tangible word or action of God today is seen by them as a heresy? Not to knock some of my friends, but I see this in a lot of Presbyterian circles. Sure, it's great to believe in Christ's atonement, and the working of the Holy Spirit, but what exactly do you believe He
does for, with, and in you? Not what he did. Not the miracles performed thousands of years ago.
I remember being raised to avoid Gnostic heresies, who taught that the material world was nothing but an evil prison for the spiritual world. It now seems that now, people are leaning to an extreme anti-gnosticism, where they seem to place absolutely no value in a living, active spirit world, even if they claim to believe current work of the Holy Spirit.
Is it just that our definitions of God seem to be different, or are some of my friends atheists, without knowing it? Also, what about St. John of the Cross?
