[Magdalen] Church as Personality Robert Schuller RIP

[Jay Weigel]

I could be wrong, but ISTM that it is more likely to happen in
non-eucharistic churches where the focus is so much on preaching rather
than on liturgy. Think about it....Schuller and Billy Graham both came from
these traditions, and look where their offspring have got to. Especially
Graham's. Franklin Graham gives me the creeps.

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 04/04/2015 14:28, Jim Guthrie wrote:
>
>> The American-invented churches that are so popular (and have attracted
>> many people from Mainline churches are often one-man bands. Schuller was a
>> great example. Detached from any denomination he starts at a movie drive-in
>> and builds an empire. And upon his retirement, it falls apart and is sold
>> to the RC Diocese in bankruptcy.
>>
>
> Is this an example of where the medium has become the message? Martin is
> quite right when he says that in every church the focus should be on Jesus
> Christ rather than the star preacher.  Once that happens things are likely
> to go awry sooner or later, and it is is often not good for the star
> preacher either. Certainly it can open the way to temptation.
>
> Roger
>