CN & Reclaim News
It has been observed that there is much ongoing/ever-present angst that exists amongst denizens of the LCMS. I would agree.
There is also much speculation & analysis as to why the angst exists and who is stoking it. Depending on who you ask, the “radicalist” culprits are either on the “left” (Jesus First, DayStar, et al) or the “right” (Christian News, Reclaim News, etc.). As a side note, while it’s obvious that Satan is the true source of all dissension & divisiveness, there seems to be some, shall we say, disagreement on just who his favored operatives are (as if we weren’t all guilty & sinful in this regard…). I don’t especially want to get into a whole discourse as to what I think on the matter, because, well, it doesn’t really matter (I have the suspicion that most of my readers would agree with me, and thus I don’t need to preach to the choir on this subject at this time…).
What I do want to comment on, however, is the rather odd effect that Christian News (aka Rev. Herman Otten) and Reclaim News (aka Rev. Jack Cascione) have in the discussions & eventual plans of action that come out of the group on the “right” (aka “conservatives” or “confessionals”). These two entities are significant players primarily through the rather impressive information dissemination channels that they have developed over the years. These two pastors have built & cultivated significant “bully pulpits” from which they can (and do) broadcast their opinions. And we have witnessed the effect that these opinions have had on Synodical politics in recent years. The LCMS wouldn’t be what it is today were it not for Rev. Otten’s work during the 1970’s era “Battle for the Bible”, nor would we be in the mess that’s developed since Rev. Al Barry passed away just prior to the 2001 convention were it not for the inexplicable cantankerousness of both Revs. Otten & Cascione. But enough history…
My main reason for writing now is this — as we get ready for the 2007 convention, it seems that Revs. Otten & Cascione are both looming large in the development of plans & strategies, and there’s one thing that puzzles me. I get why Rev.Otten is involved, as his congregation still belongs to the LCMS (even if he, for whatever unjustifiable reason, never got certified). IOW, he still has a dog in this fight.
Rev. Cascione doesn’t.
His congregation voted to leave the LCMS, and shortly thereafter he himself took leave.
He doesn’t have a dog in the fight anymore.
So why does Reclaim News continue to be almost exclusively about the latest happenings in the LCMS? Why does the goal of Reclaim News seem to be to obsessively detail each & every detail of the legal goings-on in the LCMS?
I don’t get it.
Can someone explain it to me?
-ghp
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