[AnneM62]

They may well have stumbled upon Mother Angelica and learned the importance of reading the Gospels as opposed to limiting their reading to St. Paul

It's frightening isn't it? I spoke with a 30 yr. old evangelical a few months back. He told me that the Gospels were for the Jews only and didn't apply to Christians. (ultra or hyper dispensationalism, I believe) I asked him about the prayer that Our Lord taught us. He grinned and shook his head NO, NO, NO...not a Christian prayer. Oddly enough though, I did convince him of works. Go figure.

[NYer]

He told me that the Gospels were for the Jews only and didn't apply to Christians. (ultra or hyper dispensationalism, I believe) I asked him about the prayer that Our Lord taught us. He grinned and shook his head NO, NO, NO...not a Christian prayer. Oddly enough though, I did convince him of works. Go figure.

Thank you for the post and ping! Sadly, many Evangelical congregations focus solely on the works of St. Paul who was not a witness to the actual events surrounding the life of Jesus Christ. Hence, they adopt the attitude you mentioned.

[Cronos]

"He told me that the Gospels were for the Jews only and didn't apply to Christians. (ultra or hyper dispensationalism, I believe) I asked him about the prayer that Our Lord taught us. He grinned and shook his head NO, NO, NO...not a Christian prayer. Oddly enough though, I did convince him of works. Go figu" --> The problem, in my humble opinion, is when one tries to take bits and pieces instead of the whole

This is why you see in Protestantism, only say preaching or only singing. This is unlike at mass where we have preaching, singing, the offering, etc. where we read from the OT, Gospels, psalms, epistles etc.

God is not limited as those outside The Church seem to think, but is unlimited

[Cronos]

And, you will find this if you look in any OrthodoxPresbyterian order of Service -- If you check link to one example you will see that for Sunday, June 20th, 2010 (the only worship bulletin on the site), they only read Old Covenant Reading: Zechariah 8:1-23, New Covenant Reading: Ephesians 4:17-32



You probably know that Luther removed a few books from the Bible and added the word “alone” to fide. But the sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-denominations since then have gone much further.

You now have the OrthodoxPresbyterianC (hardly Orthodox, maybe Presbyterian and definitely not a church) which just excerpts (why have all the nasty stuff like the letter of James or the Gospels or the OT).