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churchmousec (http://churchmousec.wordpress.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Clueless History of the Missouri Synod Civil War":
What an eye-opening post. It seems that LCMS events closely parallel those of The Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUSA). It's very sad to read that the distortion of biblical truth, the truth that was so carefully and painstakingly reiterated and discussed during the Reformation, is so widespread.
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GJ - Church Mouse is the most productive blogger on my list. Readers should widen their focus so they see that the issues in the Lutheran Church are the same as the other denominations - and for the same reason. That is why I post about the Episcopalians, Roman Catholics, and other confessions.
We only need to go back a few decades to find a time when every Lutheran congregation in America was offering a liturgical service with the Apostles or Nicene Creed (no feminist version), fairly good Lutheran hymns (no feminist editing), and actual sermons delivered by men in appropriate worship attire. Some wore Geneva gowns. Others wore the Anglican cassock and surplice, with a stole.
The liturgical service was almost the same, no matter which synod offered it. The musical setting was a bit different in TLH and SBH, but no one was gathering hopes and dreams to a tune that could have ended "pop goes the weasel." (Try that in the LBW, it works. Thank the Lord and si-ing His praise, pop goes the weasel.) Nobody sang about "loud boiling test-tubes" until new stuff began coming out - all in the name of increased worship.
Has anyone noticed worship attendance going up with the new hymnals?
