Territorial Bloggings

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

Willow Creek repents?

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Per this blog & this article at Christianity Today, Bill Hybels over at Willow Creek states “We made a mistake.”
Wow.
I’ve long thought the theology of pop-American Evangelicalism (as defined by the “seeker sensitive” mantra of Church-Growthers like Bill Hybels’ Willow Creek & Rick Warren’s Saddleback churches) to be deficient, dangerous, and outright wrong. Thus, it’s [...]


September 6, 2007

Certifiable

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

This is a great post over at Worldmagblog.
In a nutshell, it’s further evidence that schools of Education are amongst the largest threats to quality primary education in America today. I would add the NEA to that short list, and probably put it right at the top. It pains me to do so, having been raised [...]


October 6, 2006

Youth Ministry - The triumph of emotionalism

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Youth Ministry - No sir, I don’t like it!
Neither does Jon over at Beggars All. In a recent posting — Youth Pastors Anonymous — he lays out a wonderfully cogent and timely case against the ghettoizing blight that is “Youth Ministry”.
I agree wholeheartedly with Jon. Herding the youth off into their own ghetto is wrong [...]


April 23, 2006

Why Doctrine Matters

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

The always solid Rev. Stiegemeyer (of The Burr in the Burgh) has once again shown why he’s a leading member of the must-read club of Confessional Lutheran Bloggers.
It seems like doctrine is viewed by so many folks these days as a bad word. You know, the kind of word that generates lots of self-congratulatory intolerance [...]