Posted on 03/27/2008 8:48:07 PM PDT by The Shrew
Usually radio hosts have to offend sacred moral sensibilities to be thrown off the air. Opie and Anthony were fired after they encouraged a couple to have sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Don Imus lost his job after using racist and sexist epithets against the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
But when the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod canceled its popular, nationally syndicated radio program "Issues, Etc.," listeners were baffled. Billed as "talk radio for the thinking Christian," the show was known for its lively discussions analyzing cultural influences on the American church. It seemed like precisely the thing that the Missouri Synod, a 2.4-million-member denomination whose system of belief is firmly grounded in Scripture and an intellectually rigorous theology, would enthusiastically support.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Don't the Anglicans still allow women priests?
Not in Presbyterian/Reformed polity. They are distinct offices. In my particular Presbyterian Denomination, a congregation is not required to have deacons, however i don't know of any who have excercised this option.
Your list of 50 or so liberal churches brought a funny memory back to me, as the list included “Friends United Meeting” (Quakers).
As a teenager I visited a Friends United Meeting for a couple of weeks. We sat in a circle and people took turns praying out loud. This was in the 1970s and 80% percent of the prayers were anti-war statements about Vietnam.
Only once out of 40 prayers was Jesus Christ mentioned. I’d peek around the room and everyone wore a serious face as one after another prayed that the U.S. would stop the killing. I left and soon after joined ROTC.
I think you are very mistaken about this. From what I read here on FR, it's quite the opposite and they're on the list of those belonging to the NCC.
So far, there's no hint of that and if they ever go that way, I'm outta here. I'm so grateful for those who are watchful.
Considering the uproar that was created simply by firing these two radio personalities, it seems they're going to have trouble going any farther.
(”I’m joining the Catholic Church.”) Well, that’s what we did. Enough of all of this (and 20 years of it, in a huge variety of denominations). We just yearned for something solid that never changed, no theology by committee, etc. Aaahhhh.
The Pope is a great man, truly. You will find room for your orthodoxy and love for the Lord, indeed, in the Catholic Church.
Oh SoDak, surely you know the Lord well enough to be wary when you say, “I will never ....” He chortles when we say that, you know ....
We are ‘fundamentalist’ Prots come Home to the Catholic Church a few years ago. The/we new (Protestant) converts (from every and all denomination) are bringing their love of the Lord, heart-felt worship, knowledge of solid theology, love of tradition into the CC. It is a fresh wind that is purifying the excesses of Vat 2.
We are in Los Angeles, in a large church that is very orthodox, long confessional lines every Saturday with multiple priests officiating, Latin Mass every Sunday along with 5 or 6 other masses. There are many (Protestant and Muslim!) converts in our church.
(Thanks, but no thanks.)
Wow. I could have written your post myself. It exactly describes our church and my feelings as well. I have a hard time imagining any church other than LCMS but at the rate things are deteriorating, we may be forced elsewhere.
It hurts deeply. Our oldest granddaughter was confirmed last year but we have three others coming up. Among many great concerns, I fear our pastor will retire and there will not be another to properly teach confirmation class.
Thank you for your prayers. I will do the same for you. I wasn’t in the church during Seminex but I hear that it was similar. LCMS survived that but frankly I don’t know if this erosion will be stopped.
All we can do is pray, fight the good fight, and stay true to the Word. I trust the Holy Spirit to guide my future decisions but admittedly, I’m terribly anxious about it.
***we left the PCA church in our area due to the increasingly liberal sermons***
Just goes to show you that you can’t trust the sign out front...
Add Evangelical Covenant to the list of churches to avoid.
Good. Well the doctrinal beliefs are what is important. Behavior will flow naturally from those. Just be aware that a church can keep its orthodox doctrinal statement but not preach nor teach according to it. Make it a real crapshoot looking for a church these days!
yup I have seen that one. “USUALLY we don’t elaborate on these things but look we’ll be gracious and toss you a bone.” So condescending and such unbelieveable gall these people have. Now, Kieschnick has responded in the WSJ saying Hemingway falsified information, and so, Hemingway has all the ammo she needs to do provide the sources and blow him out of the water. I pray she will do it.
Most certainly :>)
Maybe you should join the Church of Boagenes. Isn't an individual's personal relationship with God more important that with any particular Church? I would think so, but what do I know.
Michael Frazier
Do you have a link? My search at WSJ.com turned up only, Radio Silence on Kieschnick.
Regards,
TS
My own relationship with Christ isn’t the issue, it’s choosing a place for public worship with fellow Christians. I cannot worship or fellowship with those are part of a denomination I consider in error or outright apostasy. Paul warns us about that one.
http://tailrank.com/5579417/Pres-Kieschnick-responds-to-WSJ-Article
http://bringbackissues.blogspot.com/2008/03/pres-kieschnick-responds-to-wsj-article.html
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