[Magdalen] Church as Personality Robert Schuller RIP

[Marion Thompson]

I hope you went on to explain it to them.  What is seriously lacking in 
the Church is education about such things.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 4/4/2015 2:38 PM, Revd Martin Dale via Magdalen wrote:
> 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.
>