Narrow-minded Lutheran has left a new comment on your post "Prayed with a Priest and a Rabbi? But What Is the Punchline?...":
How many WELS people shook their heads in shame at Benke's unionistic and syncretistic Yankee Stadium performance? This is not to say that WELS is worse than Missouri, but they're no better; yet, many WELS people puff out their chests with pride while putting down the heterodox LCMS. They are just two peas in the ecumenistic Thrivent pod.
Also, I saw no mention of Word and Sacrament in the above "wish list." May I use the new vocab word, Methobapticostal, since the historical Lutheran liturgy is, "stiff, overly formal, unemotional, smotheringly doctrinal?" And there's that head vs. heart deal again. This is too sad to laugh at.
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GJ - Icha-slang is adding to our rich heritage of English, so feel free to use Methobapticostal, which someone else offered on this blog.
I am always happy to kelm a good idea or word. But I do not hide its origin.
2 comments:
In response to Narrow Minded:
A big deal WAS made concerning Benke praying in Yankee Stadium. My pastor discussed it for days. He still brings it up from time to time. A few Missouri Synod churches in my area left and started what is known as Eldona! My in-laws(WELS a few hours north), were also shaking their heads over the joint prayer business.
That being said, I do like Narrow Minded's comments on this blog. You have provided valuable information. Sure, the liberal C&C guys did not make a fuss, but there are no surprises in that. Let's talk about the ecumenical Mark Jeske. He is not popular among the 'stick' churches in my area. He could't even give away free beer! The scary part is tht Jeske does have a couple of pastor buddies in another part of my district.
Narrow Minded is correct to point out about pride and organizations like Thrivent. Many WELSians are clueless of the existence of liberal(C&C) organizations within the synod.(you almost have to follow the blogs to know anything)
In Christ,
from WELS church lady
Equally sad is that the guy who disciplined Benke, Wally Schulz, lost his job over this. Anything coming in the mail to my house from "Lutheran Hour Ministries" and "Lutheran Laymen's League" goes directly to the round file. One can only conclude that the mainline Lutheran synods are little more than political organizations.
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