tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8829876885392833288..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Making the Church Attractive. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-52330336625312772372013-07-31T14:49:27.422-05:002013-07-31T14:49:27.422-05:00We have come through a time of peril - and we are ...We have come through a time of peril - and we are not finished with it yet - when we were told: "Everything will be quite different when you as a Church cease to have such an entirely different flavor - when you cease to practice preaching which is the opposite of what the world around you preaches. You really must suit your message to the world; you really must bring your creed into harmony with the present. Then you will again become influential and powerful."--Pr. Martin Niemoller's sermon on Matthew 5: 13-14, ca. '36, Berlin, after many in his congregation were arrested by the NazisPr. Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08260638651076645664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-90149064254642122812013-07-28T22:04:28.355-05:002013-07-28T22:04:28.355-05:00The Church Growth Movement has only succeeded in c...The Church Growth Movement has only succeeded in convincing LCMS laymen that doctrinal differences are not important. That knowledge makes it easier for a layman to abandon the LCMS for a non-denominational church.<br /><br />CPH has excellent academic materials. Most of its materials are too deep and too dry for the average layman. Therefore, a "missional" LCMS pastor has to turn to non-denominational resources. Sad. Shame on CPH.<br /><br />Pastor Harrison is likable, but who cares anymore. I grow weary watching Lutheran pastors argue with one another online while <b>not a single decades-long issue within the LCMS is ever resolved.</b> Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-52168538116754154042013-07-27T13:11:02.907-05:002013-07-27T13:11:02.907-05:00Amen, Rev. Peters. Amen!Amen, Rev. Peters. Amen!John Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694520585756434122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-60734249599294837722013-07-27T12:07:33.332-05:002013-07-27T12:07:33.332-05:00You're right -- our mission IS faithfulness --...You're right -- our mission IS faithfulness -- but some will read into it that publicity, evangelism (and I don't mean the Divine Service), and outreach are to be avoided. We can never use our confessionalism as a cloak for laziness, stubbornness, or ignoring our neighbor. As members of Christ's body, we don't hide good things from people, but some certainly seem more interested in keeping people out than bringing them in. That, in my view, is to be avoided. Good article, Pastor Peters. We hope to visit you again!Original Evangelicalhttp://originalevangelical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com