[Magdalen] Masturbatory Worship and the Contemporary Church |Jonathan Aigner

[Grace Cangialosi]

Lynn, I haven’t read it yet, but I’m going to a little later. I was just done in by the title! (maybe ‘gobsmacked’ would be appropriate here.) And I do know the phenomenon. Right here in our little county we have three independent churches that are packing them in—one in a school, one in a fire hall, and one at the local community college.

> On Jan 24, 2019, at 4:11 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Did you read the article? It reminded me a lot of Joel Olsteen's Church here in Houston.  The article is interesting.
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> The flashy title could have used words pointing toward gratification of self and individuality, as the building block of the success  some developing churches promote and propagate.
> L
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> "Mercy and compassion are more than personal options. They are the antidotes to that fear and hatred." Mark Singel
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> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 2:24 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Masturbatory Worship and the Contemporary Church |Jonathan Aigner
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>> Well, THAT subject line certainly got my attention.........
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>>> On Jan 24, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> An article that serves up some thought provoking questions.
>>> Lynn
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>>> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/ponderanew/2019/01/23/masturbatory-worship-contemporary-church/ 
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