To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come...
Rub my tummy. I need a longer nap. Thanks. Meow.
Narrow-minded Lutheran has left a new comment on your post "Fuller Seminary's Imprint Can Be Found in "Lay Min...":
The "everyone's a minister" mentality is destroying the synods. Is the janitor working at the Lutheran school "divinely called?" This is not said to degrade the janitor, as his earthly vocation is indeed potentially very God-pleasing. But is he "called" to administer Word and Sacrament? Certainly not.
I feel sorry for the SMP guys. I have been criticized for bad-mouthing the SMP, but is is mostly the synod that I fault. They are putting guys out there with a subpar theological education. The handy-dandy NIV/ESV translation isn't going to cut it. They don't even need to know Greek. For example, how are they going to handle Acts 2:40 (be saved vs. save yourselves), which every English translation I know of gets wrong, with the exception of the NASB, which is bad in other areas? From my elementary Greek knowledge, the text clearly appears "passive" in the Greek.
***
GJ - There is a place for the SMP type of training, but the synods seem to be putting LPNs in charge of thoracic surgery. The impetus is Fuller training. All the synods ran to Fuller like Garasene pigs. They asked for demonic possession, paid for it, and got it.
2 comments:
"Testing the Claims of Church Growth," by Rodney Zwonitzer refers to Fuller as the LCMS's "third seminary." This guy was a marketing expert in his first career. Funny how a marketing guy shoots down the marketing gimmicks in the Church. Funny how CPH ceased printing his book.
http://www.mtio.com/articles/aissar57.htm
I remember when the SMP was a mere twinkle in the eye of some after a synod or district convention back in the 90's. I asked a called worker just what it was that they hoped to accomplish with an SMP. The reply was something like, "we are not sure what we want, or how we are going to achieve it. But, we need staff ministers". I found that answer rather veiled and elusive. The timing also seemed suspicious. It came up right after the NWC/DMLC amalgamation. I would have been accused of being a conspiracy theorist if I had surmised that there was an agenda.
Post a Comment