Exploring how enthusiastic teachers claiming spiritual superiority have historically divided church communities based on perceived gifts, resulting in lovelessness and lack of unity across various groups like the Montanists, Gnostics, Corinthian church, and Anabaptists.
Martin Luther once said that, "Adam was the first enthusiast," and by "enthusiast" he doesn’t mean someone who is enthusiastic. The philosophy of enthusiasm is "god-within-ism," a belief and tendency to pit internal spirituality versus external texts, institutions, and authorities. In this episode, Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller discuss how this "god-within-ism" has appeared in the church, from Montanists, to medieval monks, radical figures in the Reformation, Enlightenment philosophers, and contemporary movements today.
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Featuring: Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb