Sense & sensibility and all that jazz

I've been thinking about the differences between reformed churches, like the reformed Baptist church I go to, and other denominations like Pentecostal churches. It seems that reformed churches tend to put a greater emphasis on the mind and and intellectual stuff like systematic theology and all that, while the others tend to put greater emphasis on feelings and evangelism.

That's my theory anyway -- I don't know enough about Pentecostal churches etc to tell for sure. But I was thinking how it's a pity that the two sides remain so separate. I think an ideal church would not place more emphasis on either intellectualism or feelings, but rather balance the two -- the head and the heart. Each by themselves tends to lead to extremes, but together they balance each other.

It struck me that it was kind of funny -- although perhaps not surprising -- that I was thinking this. If I was to pick a word to describe myself, "balanced" might be it. I am both a very logical and a very imaginative type of person, so I think my head and heart balance each other quite nicely. Which I must say is rather comfortable!

Anyway, what I would really like to see is reformed churches taking on the passion and other good qualities of the Pentecostal churches (etc) and vice versa. I think the denominations should not be so stand-off-ish of one another but join together to balance each other out, working together as the body of Christ.

That's what we should be doing, after all.

Hello world, welcome to my diary

Well. I must say, it's a tad scary, having a blog for the first time. Like publishing my diary or something. THE WHOLE WORLD CAN READ MY DIARY!!!

Except somehow I don't think the world is that interested.

Anyway, this blog isn't just going to be a diary and a place for my friends to get to know me better. It'll also be my soapbox where I can express my opinions and share my life lessons.

Watch this space. I'll post more soon.