tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post683213866403613847..comments2024-02-03T20:47:08.995-06:00Comments on This Side of the Pulpit: I Would Be Remiss...Christopher D. Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906949438584923588noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-52363087292198583732008-07-01T09:35:00.000-05:002008-07-01T09:35:00.000-05:00Example: some time ago IEtc interviewed a former E...Example: some time ago IEtc interviewed a former EO priest, now LCMS Lutheran. As they discussed his former beliefs, it was clear that he was not in the mainstream in several respects--an Old Calendarist, in a non-Canonical jurisdiction. Yet his experience was presented as the EO norm. This was verified on a discussion list elsewhere. <BR/><BR/>"How could clergy of a denomination get the facts wrong about the church he used to serve?" you might ask. Well, take a look at the LCMS.<BR/><BR/>It is <EM>very</EM> tricky to accurately present the beliefs of other denominations, especially in an hour-long radio program. Few church bodies have the confessional standards such as we have. But even those that do have the unofficial, sometimes unwritten, practices and doctrines that give flesh to their written statements. These take some time and experience to understand. If one read the BoC as exemplifying Lutheranism, would an outsider recognize all we say and do within the LCMS? Would describing the church of the AC be an accurate portrait of the LCMS? Even within a confessional congregation? I don't think so...at least right away. No. <BR/><BR/>Would describing my experience as an LCMS pastor be an accurate picture of Lutheranism? Hopefully, yes; realistically, no.Christopher D. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906949438584923588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820798894846245311.post-24739679645967238852008-06-30T20:56:00.000-05:002008-06-30T20:56:00.000-05:00"There were also factual errors and "spin" applied..."There were also factual errors and "spin" applied to discussions of other denominations at times."....<BR/><BR/>Could you elaborate please?Jim Krutahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17844825149566516014noreply@blogger.com