[Magdalen] Church as Personality Robert Schuller RIP

[Jay Weigel]

Phillips Brooks still had the liturgy to back him up, even if it was very
low church. But in churches where there is no liturgy and the sermon is the
central focus, the preacher is the "star", if you will, and this can be
very dangerous to a person's ego. It leads to idolatrous worship of the
preacher, IMNSHO, and often to the establishment, or attempted
establishment, of dynastic megachurches which often fail due to the
incompetence or outright wrongdoing on the part of the heirs.

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 1:45 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Errr ... Phillips Brooks? Great preacher, low church, still a dominant
> figure here over a hundred years after his death. Trinity is no
> Crystal Cathedral, but built with the big money he attracted.
>
> trinitychurchboston.org
>
> Brooks had no children, of course.
>
> I certainly agree about Franklin Graham. His popup ads about Jesus'
> love of America always makes me want to spit "He loved PEOPLE,
> not countries, ya git."
> -M
>
>
> On Saturday, April 4, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
>