Lost Traditions

These are troubled times for older, traditional Christians, whether Evangelical or Mainline. Our beloved denominations are dying, replaced by all sorts of alternative spititualities and watered=-down interfaith movements where one religion is as good an another.

Interfaith Problems

Let's say I go to one of those interfaith meetings. I get real cozy with a Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or whatever. Would I say to him or her, " I'm sure you agree that your faith is just one of the great world religions, no better than mine or anybody else's.?" I don't think so. That wold be dumb. I suppose a "professional Liberal " Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or whatever might shake my hand, slap me on the back and call me brother but I'm real nervous about what most of them would do. All that brotherly love might fly out the window real fast. Isn't it just as goofy for me to go around putting my Christianity down as just one of the many? Hell, there are plenty of others doing that. I should help them??

Great Radio Preachers

I'm putting together a talk about early 20th century preachers who made brilliant use of the new radio medium. From the infamous rabble rouser demagogue, Father Coughlin to the first great female evangelist, Aimee Semple McPherson. (She was the first woman ever to own a radio station) There's so much fascinating stuff about those two bigger than life characters that I might have to short change Harry Emerson Fosdick, Paul Rader, Fulton Sheen and some others with just a brief mention.

Ecumenical OK, Interfaith nay

I was into the ecumenical movement back when that was the hot (or was it cool) religious thing. My only contribution to today's Interfaith dialogue is eating Hebrew National Hotdogs.

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Nice Muslim Folks

Alright ... for the sake of argument, or to avoid one, let's agree with the interfaith people that the majority of Muslims are nice, peace loving folks who are not interested in wiping out infidel Christians. Should we not then be just as charitable toward Christianity and its nutcase minority?

Competing Churches

Looks like the user-friendly, seeker-sensitive churches are not only competing with the secular world on its own terms. This puts them in competition with countless other churches that are doing the same thing. What a silly mess.