Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
October 19, 2007

I like this

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : zeitgeist

HT: Veith @ Cranach

Krauthammer’s Razor: “In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.”
That’s actually something that I think could apply to most situations, not just those in D.C..
And it is, I think, in line with the 8th Commandment, because generally speaking, [...]


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 [...]


January 28, 2006

Cranach on Lost

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

There’s an interesting posting & discussion going on over at the Cranach blog. Granted, this is not an uncommon occurrence, but in this case it happens to be centered on one of my favorite TV shows (non-realitytv division), ABC’s Lost.
More specifically, it’s dealing with the fairly reasonable treatment that Christianity is getting with the recent [...]