Herman Melville has a great quotation on the pulpit leading the world. I have used it before.
What could be more full of meaning?--for the pulpit is ever this earth's foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence it is the storm of God's quick wrath is first descried, and the bow must bear the earliest brunt. From thence it is the God of breezes fair or foul is first invoked for favourable winds. Yes, the world's a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
I try to introduce Lutheran hymns and aspects of the Confessions in our worship services. The hymn quoted above is a gem in The Lutheran Hymnal. Changing from the LCA introduced me to many Lutheran hymns I never heard before. Huss is pre-Luther and especially important because he was the first martyr of the Reformation.
The Service Book and Hymnal had many good points, especially the liturgy. But the hymn selection favored Methodist, rationalist, and Social Gospel hymns.
Turning everyone Methodist has been the goal of all the Lutheran church bodies in America. By Methodist I mean having a sentimental attachment to the Bible and a ho-hum attitude about doctrine, with an emphasis on good works required for salvation.
I was writing about the apostasy of the SynCons, messaging to someone in the LCMS. The answer was, "I haven't seen firing pastors as much as the teachers. If a wealthy family is irritated by discipline in a school, the teacher is fired. Many schools are become Christian academies, dropping the Lutheran name."
WELS thought, "But we invented that Christian academy stuff. DP Kudu Don Patterson did that. It must be a great idea."
The willingness to compromise, surrender is bearing fruit in the country - pun intended. The Lavender agenda made great progress in the last elections, but it was already established years before with a host of actions, retreats, surrenders, and quotas.
Many Reformation figures died, tortured to death. Now a Lutheran minister is afraid to miss a meal.
I try to introduce Lutheran hymns and aspects of the Confessions in our worship services. The hymn quoted above is a gem in The Lutheran Hymnal. Changing from the LCA introduced me to many Lutheran hymns I never heard before. Huss is pre-Luther and especially important because he was the first martyr of the Reformation.
The Service Book and Hymnal had many good points, especially the liturgy. But the hymn selection favored Methodist, rationalist, and Social Gospel hymns.
Turning everyone Methodist has been the goal of all the Lutheran church bodies in America. By Methodist I mean having a sentimental attachment to the Bible and a ho-hum attitude about doctrine, with an emphasis on good works required for salvation.
I was writing about the apostasy of the SynCons, messaging to someone in the LCMS. The answer was, "I haven't seen firing pastors as much as the teachers. If a wealthy family is irritated by discipline in a school, the teacher is fired. Many schools are become Christian academies, dropping the Lutheran name."
WELS thought, "But we invented that Christian academy stuff. DP Kudu Don Patterson did that. It must be a great idea."
The willingness to compromise, surrender is bearing fruit in the country - pun intended. The Lavender agenda made great progress in the last elections, but it was already established years before with a host of actions, retreats, surrenders, and quotas.
Many Reformation figures died, tortured to death. Now a Lutheran minister is afraid to miss a meal.
