That is a fact that I can attest to as well, 1000 Silverings! Alamo-Girl has never claimed that she has any special powers of her own, but proclaims the glory and power of God alone, and more than anyone I know tries ever to abide in His Holy Spirit. In the sense of actually living a Christian life, she is fulfilling the teaching of the Church, not setting herself in odds with it.
Thank you so much for your post!
“Alamo-Girl has never claimed that she has any special powers of her own,...”
Of course she has. She has today. She claims the power to discern the actual and exact words of God apart from the words of the Apostles, apparently in a manner heretofore unknown to The Church. To me, that power is “special”. Claiming that power publicly is something else entirely.
“...and more than anyone I know tries ever to abide in His Holy Spirit.”
Really, BB? Just how is that being accomplished? Does it have to do with a lot of arm waving and shouting “Maranatha Jesus” or is there something else to it? Does it have anything to do with snakes? As you all know or have been informed, we Orthodox worship, what was it? Oh, stumps or some such thing. Does it have to do with stumps?
“Just as the fishermen hide the hook with bait and covertly hook the fish, similarly, the crafty allies of the heresies cover their evil teachings and corrupt understanding with pietism and hook the more simple, bringing them to spiritual death.” The man who said this, our venerable and God-bearing Father +Isidore of Pelusium was no fool, nor did he suffer heresy or heretics lightly. In great measure you have him to thank that you are likely neither a Nestorian or a Monophysite. There are reasons to be wary of excessive public piety or the ready acceptance of spiritual praise!