More Thoughts on Issues, Etc

From an outsider (me):

I don’t know how many Lutherans realize this, but if the LCMS leadership has been infected by the CGM virus, there is little that can be done to prevent the slide toward an emergent methodology. It may end up being a little more tame than some of the stuff being done in “post-evangelical” circles, but the underlying philosophy, and the acceptance of it by the leadership, dictates that the opposition be purged and dissension is not tolerated. Ever.

Francis Schaffer predicted this in the 1960’s & 1970’s, and it has come to pass. Evangelicalism has been hopelessly ruined because of it. The Lutheran’s may have thought that they were immune, but they were just behind the curve by a couple of decades.

What I heard on the Morning Show the other day from the Synod Pres. sent chills up my spine. If you didn’t know what you were listening to, or who was speaking, it could have been an interview with Rick Warren. He even talked about getting people (unbelievers) to come into the church through the “side door”, and assimilating them into the life of the congregation. Sorry, but that is right out of the CGM playbook.

Lutherans need to educate themselves on what it is that they are dealing with, and read the books from those who have written and spoken out against the CGM and the Purpose Driven Church / Life pogrom, and include works from those who have dealt with this problem on a philosophical level.

The CGM theology comes from their distinctive and unique views on church practice, coupled with an unhealthy dislike for propositional truth, and a disarmament of the sheep accomplished by removing the Word of God from the hands of the people. I saw it when my wife and I were looking for a church, and checked out a few LCMS churches in our area. (We didn’t like what we saw)

This is about more than screens and praise choruses. That is all fluff to distract the faithful. If you are arguing about that, you will miss the bigger picture, and the poison that comes in the back door. Chances are, your pastor has already read the requisite books.( I think I heard that somewhere on the radio, but I can’t remember where just now…)  Look at his library and see for yourself. (If it’s “her” library, its already too late.)

Fore warned is fore armed. The cancellation of Issues Etc may turn out to be the tipping point, IF men rise up and contend for the faith delivered once for all to the saints. If not, the Reformation may ultimately be seen by many as just a flash in the pan, if the Lord tarries.

Peace.