Horton in '92

Amidst spending far too much time at work on a certain paper that was finally submitted to a conference yesterday, I've been trying to catch up on a backlog of magazines that I've had kicking around. Modern Reformation in its most recent issue reprinted a few articles from back in 1992. Here's a quote from Mike Horton, probably the best-known URC pastor, contained in one of those:

But if our Reformation tradition has erred, especially of late - and it has - €”it has been on the side of denying experience, subjectivity, emotion, and the application of redemption. Sanctification, inner renewal, life in the Spirit, victory over sin: €”because these have been so emphasized, twisted, disfigured, misinterpreted and misapplied in our day, we risk becoming cynical about some very holy matters, quenching the same Spirit who brought us everything Christ purchased for us. While we find it easy (and too often delightful) to apply to charismatics the apostle Paul's lament, "€œThey are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge,"€ can anything be said in favor of knowledge without zeal? In fact, which is the more inexcusable offense: serving God in spite of poor theology, or ignoring Him in spite of better?

(the article that this is from is also available online at Resurgence)