tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post7555008929815483331..comments2023-09-24T08:05:04.868-04:00Comments on The Pilgrim Underground: The Houston Pastors and Their SermonsProtoprotestanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-84629365496876217282014-10-18T09:03:20.387-04:002014-10-18T09:03:20.387-04:00I've been online a bit more lately, so I'l...I've been online a bit more lately, so I'll turn the comments on.<br /><br />Apart from politics and therapy I'm not sure how most people understand the Church. It seems like that's what they think it is and what its for.Protoprotestanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-67023836166920695842014-10-15T10:27:09.184-04:002014-10-15T10:27:09.184-04:00Did you accidentally maintain the comment feature?...Did you accidentally maintain the comment feature?<br /><br />Taking advantage of this...<br /><br />Well this comes down to a definition of Church anyway, doesn't it? The problem is not in a corporate identity but an 'incorporated' identity. The Church allows itself to be defined as a constituent business of the Americana. We're not pilgrims, we're a support group. The Church becomes not a Prophet or Priest, harkening the true God. Instead it's a chaplaincy agent of the god known as Old Glory.<br /><br />At least some corners of Romanism hold themselves distinct in America. The prejudice against them by many Americans forced them to hold themselves as somehow separate and different. Of course that was mostly lost through most of the US with the election of Kennedy and the further acceptance of Romanists. However, in the South, there is supposedly a resurgence, and one that is disciplined and outside the Americana. It's something I'd be curious to investigate more.<br /><br />The question is how do we live corporately?<br /><br />The problem isn't politics, but the desire to be a kingdom of the world. Jesus is no longer King. Instead he is a member of the pantheon, including Washington, Jefferson, Socrates, Reagan, Adam Smith etc. that is the Americana religion of Western civilization.<br /><br />Thanks for raising some good questions with this article.<br /><br />CalCal of Chelcicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274276191242967318noreply@blogger.com