[Magdalen] Church as Personality Robert Schuller RIP

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Jay
 
May I offer a thought.
 
On the other side of the coin, where preaching is not central, the danger  
is that the liturgy becomes "God" and folk worship say the BCP. I was once  
pestered by some folk in Dymchurch to have a BCP Holy Communion and I said 
fine  - once you tell me what "propitiation" means. Surprise, surprise none 
of the  congregation could tell me what it meant!
 
Blessings
Martin
 
 
In a message dated 04/04/2015 18:52:19 GMT Daylight Time,  
jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:

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.