tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6690714208937849390..comments2024-03-28T00:17:55.823+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What should we try to do about evil Leftist pseudo-Christians?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-14002852452473163112012-09-13T17:24:37.126+01:002012-09-13T17:24:37.126+01:00Mr. Nelson, do you recommend WELS or the CLC? We’v...Mr. Nelson, do you recommend WELS or the CLC? We’ve been to a WELS church. They seem more conservative than the Missouri Synod. Are they good confessional Lutherans?BruceBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60176796050915232702012-09-13T06:21:06.722+01:002012-09-13T06:21:06.722+01:00@Ryan - I'd like to think there were subtle si...@Ryan - I'd like to think there were subtle signs of a shift - but the Pope has been saying this for several years already to my certain knowledge.<br /><br />However, any genuine shift in the Zeitgeist in a Christian direction, if it happened, would not sneak up on people, and will not be subtle - but will create a sensation and be attacked by the Left - media, politicians, govt officials, teachers etc. <br /><br />After all, if pseudo-Christians left the RC church it would shrink down to - what? a quarter or less of the lay members, a tenth of priests? At any rate, what was left would be much reduced. <br /><br />After a while numbers would rise again, and things would be vastly more healthy - but it is getting to the other side of that immediate and apparently catastrophic slump which would be so difficult for the 'organization' to manage - and the organization would not support anyone who proposed such a policy. <br /><br />Benedict XVI is a wise and holy man, and I believe he would be prepared to pay the price - but I think the people around him would stop it if they could, as they have tried to thwart the Anglican Ordinariate.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-75914839044777136872012-09-13T00:42:28.790+01:002012-09-13T00:42:28.790+01:00"Pope Benedict XVI delivered an address from ..."<i>Pope Benedict XVI delivered an address from the Vatican on Sunday in which he suggested that those who disagree with Catholic teachings or do not believe in Jesus Christ should leave the church rather than become betrayers like Judas.</i>"<br />Source: http://global.christianpost.com/news/pope-compares-disobedient-unbelieving-catholics-to-judas-80777/<br /><br />So basically, just a couple weeks ago, and lacking all signs of subtlety, the leader of the largest Christian Church in the world addressed any heterodox pseudo-followers who still pretend to be with Christ and asked them to "kindly leave." This strikes me as rather significant -- more so than one might initially think -- especially when considered along and in light of the following:<br /><br />"<i>In the early days of his Pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI was quoted to say that he envisioned the immediate future of the Church to be a smaller but more pure Church.</i>"<br />Source: http://blog.adw.org/2010/09/pondering-the-smaller-but-purer-vision-of-the-church/.Ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-39156706462809919012012-09-12T18:32:41.815+01:002012-09-12T18:32:41.815+01:00To American seekers of solid Christianity: Conside...To American seekers of solid Christianity: Consider the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-56979797499116576822012-09-12T15:46:21.980+01:002012-09-12T15:46:21.980+01:00I too have had problems finding a Church I think w...I too have had problems finding a Church I think would do more good then harm to my spiritual well being. Sometimes I think I'd settle for one that didn't have a rock band play for most of the sermon.<br /><br />I feel I'd get a lot more out of Bible study and discussion then mass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-62479442169839295452012-09-12T12:50:03.815+01:002012-09-12T12:50:03.815+01:00Jonathan C,
Try to find a Continuuing Anglican Pa...Jonathan C,<br /><br />Try to find a Continuuing Anglican Parish. The major jurisdictions in the U.S. are the Anglican Catholic Church, the Anglican Province of America, the Anglican Church of America, the Anglican Province of Christ the King, and the United Episcopal Church of North America. The Anglican Continuum has their links.<br />http://anglicancontinuum.blogspot.com/<br />BruceBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-7964351750775978792012-09-12T10:46:14.765+01:002012-09-12T10:46:14.765+01:00@JC - it can a bit like a 'black mass' - a...@JC - it can a bit like a 'black mass' - a subversive parody of the real thing, designed to achieve the opposite of the real thing.<br /><br />On the other hand, the liturgy (when in traditional language, especially the Book of Common Prayer) and scriptural readings (when from the the 'King James' Bible) may be PURE GOLD; even when the sermon and intercessionary prayers are Leftist garbage. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-3863085269412721702012-09-12T08:40:29.166+01:002012-09-12T08:40:29.166+01:00A few weeks ago, I attended an evening mass at San...A few weeks ago, I attended an evening mass at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral (which is Episcopalian); only the first or second mass I've attended since my return to Christianity. As if to fulfill a cliche, the sermon was a rant about the attitudes of some churches/authorities/whomever to gay issues, especially gay marriage. It was such a direct jump into the liberal political playbook that I had to blink a few times to reassure myself I was in reality and not a TV show.<br /><br />When the collection plate came around, I felt like I'd be mocking God to put any money in.<br /><br />It's a shame, as it's such a beautiful cathedral with such a fine organ. I guess I'll keep going for the concerts, but I won't attend another mass there.Jonathan Cnoreply@blogger.com