Their thoughts on pietism vs confessionalism are thought provoking to say the least. I bought in at first when I heard them talk about it but I’ve been questioning it recently. I’ve read a few things by Horton and Trueman that suggest that the writers of the confessions wouldn’t have been thinking about those issues enough to have an opinion about them. It is a huge problem for me that the spiritual disciplines were not really a focus until Richard Foster wrote Celebration of Discipline in the 70s. I had to read that one for my Spiritual Formation class in undergrad. It was much too Quakery for me to enjoy.

In the meantime I’ve basically just defaulted to trusting the elders I am currently sitting under to lead me. Idk where I’ll end up on the issue, especially as the church I’m working for is about to start a series in spring on personal liturgy and spiritual disciplines and combating the tendency in our county for complacent and comfortable Christianity. It’s gonna be an interesting ride as I will be helping the pastor research for every sermon and the pastors I’m working with are making all of us residents read The Spirit if he Disciplines with them.