Today is Reformation Day. This is the anniversary of the day Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenburg.

Lee Grady of Charisma Magazine has an interesting take on the need for a “Reformation Day” for Charismatics. Quite honestly, I didn’t know some of these issues still existed. Maybe it’s because I don’t watch TV nearly as much…

I will say he has some good points, especially here:

I am no Luther, but I’ve grown increasingly aware that the so-called “Spirit-filled” church of today struggles with many of the same things the Catholic church faced in the 1500s. We don’t have “indulgences”—we have telethons. We don’t have popes—we have super-apostles. We don’t support an untouchable priesthood—we throw our money at celebrity evangelists who own fleets of private jets.

I have long contended Charismatics and Pentecostals have our forms of indulgences. I don’t think they are just telethons, either.