thoughts and ruminations while in exile (1 Pet. 2:11)

I'm currently reading this book and learning much as I do. It is one observation, however, that caught my attention and I'd like to share it with you and see if you agree. Let me set the context first: During the Protestant Reformation, one of the chief concerns was the reformation of corporate worship. In seeking to reform worship, however, the reformers did not seek to reinvent the wheel. Rather, they removed the parts of the Roman Catholic mass that were unbiblical, and left everything else in play. Therefore, they did not go to the extreme of the Anabaptists and completely do away with the liturgy or all traditional practices.

Hart and Muether wonder if our Reformation heirs today have followed the wisdom of our forefathers:

"In their zeal to reform worship, the Reformers condemned both Roman Catholic sacerdotalists, who claimed an automatic dispensing of God's grace, and the Anabaptist radicals, who denied the need for ritual in worship at all. But ironically, if one observes the worship practices of our day in some Presbyterian and Reformed churches, one could conclude that, 400 years later, the Anabaptist theology of worship has prevailed."

I think they may be on to something . . .