CharlieDean

For the setup to this post, see yesterday’s post.

• I admire the reverence for the Bible in the Protestant tradition.  One of the priests on the panel said that he admired the “devotional life” of Protestants, who daily read/study/memorize Scriptures.  I concur.  I like that Protestants hold the Bible up over tradition.
• I admire the evangelical passion of many Protestants.  There is a fervency in the proclamation of the Good News that can be muted in other traditions.
• I admire the entrepreneurial spirit of the Protestant church.  Precisely because it doesn’t have a 1500 year tradition, the Protestant church keeps reinventing itself, in an ongoing effort to connect to the next generation.
• I admire the emphasis on “the priesthood of all believers,” and thereby a “low” view of clergy.

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