@Protestia "Inspiration, therefore, is not to be equated, as the moderns do, with the heroic, poetic, religious inspiration; it is not a work of the providentia Dei generalis, not an action of God’s Spirit to the same extent and in the same manner as in heroes and artists" - Herman Bavinck
@drantbradley@herbitter Thanks Anthony. I see a distinction as well, and I share your concern that when many people say the phrase at the top of this thread they may have in mind some sort of New Age thinking (or just squishy pop philosophy).
@drantbradley@herbitter Is the praise of the glory of God's wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy (WCF 5.1) "good purpose", or do you see a distinction?
"Machen was an American, and the type of liberty he loved was American liberty. Unlike a number of noisy “Christian Nationalists” today, he did not favor a return to real or de facto establishment of religion. He did not dream of a heresy-punishing Christian Prince. The liberty he favored was real and dangerous…dangerous like grace and nearly as dear."