One writer recently said that the new trend is to teach the condition of man, not the content of the Gospel. A proud Fuller graduate and theology teacher warned students that people too used to church life have a lot of trouble reaching others who have no background in Christianity.
That describes the Missional (really Attritional) fad of the moment. The approach is deviously clever and suited for the numbskulls who love it.
The pastor tells the congregation in an anxious and alarmed voice, "We cannot get people to join because of the organ, the liturgy, the paraments, the creeds, and these funeral-dirge hymns. A study has shown..."
There are more works on this than the Assumption of Mary, and they can be quoted at length, often from the plagiarists in the synod structure.
Therefore, the more Attritional they are, the more diluted their message is.
Seminary education is watered down too, because "we cannot get students to sign up for seminary if they are weighed down by so many impractical, academic courses." A seminary degree from LCMS-ELS-WELS is one in UOJ and Willow Creek, guided by the insights of the NIV-ESV.
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| It's all about the Easter egg hunt and petting live bunnies. Ask Kudu Don Patterson. He had that in his own newsletter, then hid it on a separate website. Later he avoided that too, because I found each example. The cure in WELS is - hide the evidence, deny, deny, deny. |
