This week, Ken and Grant discuss the New Reformation. They unpack the first two Tenets of seven to help us define Reformation. We look forward to what God has in store for all of us living and working in His Kingdom. 

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"The first great reformation was led by Martin Luther over 500 years ago." - Ken Fish. 

"I have been saying for the last 30 years that at least the Western church needs a reformation." - Ken Fish. 

These are the key questions we are asking when we talk about Reformation: 

1. What do we want to do? 
2. Where do we want to go? 
3. How might we seek to call the church to repentance? 
4. What are the new Wine Skins? 

"The Son of God Goes Forth for War" - https://open.spotify.com/track/220OHWPoaDhK342kssBaNR?si=WOVI6kqZT4WWai8s2Tg95g 

"All the core doctrines of the church stayed, but the packaging shifted in the 1960s." - Ken Fish. 

Jay Hudson Taylor, God's Man In China: https://www.amazon.com/Hudson-Taylor-Gods-Man-China/dp/0802442250/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MA3C2WNMZW8C&keywords=Jay+Hudson+Taylor+Gods+man+In+China&qid=1706709511&sprefix=jay+hudson+taylor+gods+man+in+china%2Caps%2C531&sr=8-1

"How do we express the faith in cultural norms and forms that people in our time can associate with very readily?" - Ken Fish 

"The other side of Reformation is looking at what might be wrong with the church right now." - Ken Fish. 

"We must bring the church back to a Holy Standard for a Biblical norm." - Ken Fish. 

"There has never been a move of Jesus where the Bible wasn't central." - Ken Fish.  

"God gave us the written Word so it wouldn't be changed over time." - Ken Fish.  

Tenets of the New Reformation: 

1. Heartfelt Spirituality 
2. The Bible is the center of things 
   1. The Bible governs our thinking, believing, and leadership.
   2. The Bible is a benchmark for what's in bounds and out of bounds, not only doctrinally but also behaviorally. 
   3. What does the Bible call for? 
   4. What's normative in the Bible, and are we doing it? 

”Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.“

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/59/heb.2.1-4.ESV

How to Read a Book - https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Book-Classic-Intelligent/dp/0671212095/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DDMEJO199TNC&keywords=how+to+read+a+book+by+mortimer+adler&qid=1706713952&sprefix=How+to+read+a+book%2Caps%2C451&sr=8-1

Recommended ESV Study Bible - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ESV+Study+Bible&crid=1Z70H44JXUGPU&sprefix=esv+study+bible%2Caps%2C419&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

"Remember when using a study Bible: the text of the notes is not the same as the text of Scripture." - Ken Fish.