tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post5821671403623250370..comments2024-02-03T20:47:08.995-06:00Comments on This Side of the Pulpit: Why This Won't Work, Part IChristopher D. Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906949438584923588noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-25616630706481287432008-04-21T13:27:00.000-05:002008-04-21T13:27:00.000-05:00Why is re-booting seen as a godly option?Why is re-booting seen as a godly option?Fr John W Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283787316830250866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-79156159229988026662008-04-21T08:09:00.000-05:002008-04-21T08:09:00.000-05:00Thank you all for the kind comments. Part II will...Thank you all for the kind comments. Part II will hopefully be ready later this week.Christopher D. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906949438584923588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-4880716386068353312008-04-20T21:24:00.000-05:002008-04-20T21:24:00.000-05:00I'm waiting on tenterhooks for Part II.I'm waiting on tenterhooks for Part II.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-77957822442079577522008-04-19T21:39:00.000-05:002008-04-19T21:39:00.000-05:00I agree with this more than anything else I've rea...I agree with this more than anything else I've read.<BR/><BR/>There's just too much momentum in the wrong direction. Ultimately, something new will have to be formed unless the Lord comes quickly.<BR/><BR/>In my opinion, oversight is an essential piece of the puzzle.Erich Heidenreich, DDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12819223688598369327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-72073874405636666592008-04-18T23:16:00.000-05:002008-04-18T23:16:00.000-05:00No problem with oversight. It's godly and biblica...No problem with oversight. It's godly and biblical. But it means we're going to have to choose different sorts of men and give them different job descriptions and titles, and not give them 3-yr terms.<BR/><BR/>As it is now, bureaucrats and a left-handed institution is all we have.<BR/><BR/>For this kind of church body, you need to start over.WM Cwirlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317197804776939257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-12784472557254062182008-04-18T12:46:00.000-05:002008-04-18T12:46:00.000-05:00Oversight is a key issue - pastoral oversight. El...Oversight is a key issue - pastoral oversight. Electing ordained men to be bureaucrats in a non-profit organization is not pastoral oversight. People think it preserves the distinction between the two kingdoms, but I think it actually mixes them. If our elected officials are to be not-for-profit bureaucrats, then why give them spiritual oversight (ecclesiastical supervision)? We call the LCMS not a church body, but then we act like it is a church body. In the end we lose both proper organizational management and spiritual oversight.Rev. Benjamin Harjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03458364660005558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-55995543207940573142008-04-18T07:43:00.000-05:002008-04-18T07:43:00.000-05:00It becomes a matter of never being able to know. ...It becomes a matter of never being able to know. A congregation isn't sure what they are going to get from a pastor they call. A pastor isn't sure what to expect when he heads to a congregation. There are things that we should be able to expect. . . but we really can't.<BR/><BR/>What is our identity? What compels us to be in the Missouri Synod? Until we know what that it (other than mere historical accident) we are going to be all scatterbrained.Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.com