What a Rogue Says to Himself

What a Rogue Says to Himself
Psalm 14

In the last decades of the twentieth century there was a thing called the charismatic movement that emphasized the felt reality of God’s presence and the perceptible reality of God’s speaking and acting in healing people. One of my bosses contrasted its assumptions with what he called “God-in-the-gallery” theology. Christians often picture God as really existing and caring about us yet as not really involved in the world. It’s as if he is sitting in the church gallery watching us with concern yet not doing anything. The charismatic movement testified to God’s being involved and acting, not merely watching...