Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
February 9, 2007

Church size

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

There’s an interesting discussion about the “ideal” church/congregation size going on over at the Cranach blog. I find it to be of great interest because I have some strong thoughts & ideas on the subject.
Put most succinctly, bigger is badder not better.
The trend towards mega-, giga-, and tera-churches is not a good thing. Proper Pastoral [...]


February 9, 2007

What a novelty

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I just thought I’d post something that was about neither realitytv, nor WordPress…
I know that I haven’t been posting as much theology-related stuff lately, and that’s been partially purposeful. “Why?” you ask… Well, I guess that some of it is because I’m feeling a bit conflicted. Not about being Lutheran. About being in the LCMS. [...]


December 14, 2006

A Lutheran theological “Supergroup”!

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Move over Asia & all the other “Supergroups” — you’ve been supplanted by the powerhouse that is “The Blog of Concord” aka Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions!
Just look at these marquee names:

Rev. Paul Gregory Alms (Incarnatus Est)
Rev. Dr. Albert Collver (no blog, but lots of other good stuff…)
Rev. Paul T. McCain, Administrator (Cyberbrethren, CPH, & Editor [...]


November 1, 2006

On being Lutheran

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Mea culpa — I didn’t post anything about Reformation Day yesterday.
So, I’ll make up for it by directing you to two great posts over at Cyberbrethren: We Should Not Refuse to Walk in Our Fathers’ Footsteps & Does Being Lutheran Matter?
I’ve said it before, I’m saying [...]