Hello, Pr Jackson
Thank you SO much for today's post and very special mention -- wow!! That turned a routine afternoon into a most delightful one -- what a pleasant surprise!! Love the graphic -- brilliant!!
Is that your quote in your email signature about studying for an extra hour a day? That's a beauty.
NW Arkansas is quite a change from Phoenix. Hope all is going well.
I plan to make time very soon to watch one of the Bethany Lutheran Worship videos. I haven't been to a Lutheran church in 40 years, so I'm looking forward to a traditional service. (I went to an ALC church with a friend of mine once -- so, we're talking pre-ELCA days.)
Kindest regards
Churchmouse
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GJ - I do not know the source for the quotation, but this is the saying: "Study one hour extra per day for five years and the world will beat a path to your door."
I added Church Mouse to the list linked on the left. There is a new post about Rick Warren there. I am truly shocked that WELS congregations partner with him, too.
Timid was kicked off the list because I was tired of his spineless, unionistic messages.
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"Study one hour extra per day for five years and the world will beat a path to your door."
I have found this to be so true. While my experience is certainly not the measure of all things, many of us are not in a position to easily obtain formal education in some areas. There are also certain instances where alleged higher education may actually be a detriment.
Here is a dirty little secret. So called Lutheran leaders do not want the laity to be autodidacts when it comes to learning doctrine. In fact, they often frown upon it. Yet, any lay member who can read and reason can easily go beyond Luther's Small Catechism.
If one studies a BOC, Luther's Works and sermons, Chemnitz or even Walther an hour a day for five years, a whole new world will be opened up to you. I have also found this to be the case with such subjects as economics and history.
Don't ever let anyone tell you, especially a so-called Lutheran leader, that doctrine and systemic theology study should be kept in seminary classrooms. I often wonder if those subjects are even taught these days in the seminary classrooms.
Thank you so much, Pr Jackson, for adding 'Churchmouse Campanologist' to your blogroll!
Similarly, I have added 'Ichabod, The Glory Has Departed' to mine. It is a pleasure to read. Sad to see there is not too much difference between the Lutherans and the Anglicans these days with regard to church governance and teaching doctrine.
Hello, rlschultz -- I read your comment with great interest.
Here is another 'dirty little secret' -- Anglican clergy do not want their laity to know too much about doctrine, either. One is ridiculed or made to feel like an outsider. That's probably true for many denominations, with the exception of the Reformed churches.
Agree with you and Pr Jackson about one hour's extra study a day for five years. And, yes, what finer place to begin with than confessions of faith?
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