Comments on: Sunday Jeremiad: Petty Prophets of the Blue Beast

By: Carrie Lewis

Carrie Lewis — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:26:20 +0000

To my dismay,I wasn’t able to see the image for this post. It looked like the HTML was incorrect.

By: Repost: Notes from a Reluctant Liberal Christian « A Pastor Named Questor

Repost: Notes from a Reluctant Liberal Christian « A Pastor Named Questor — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:16:24 +0000

[...] the other hand, Walter Russell Mead’s essay from last year reads like a letter from a longsuffering wife to her cheating husband. He rails against [...]

By: Natalya Bluestein

Natalya Bluestein — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:46:02 +0000

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By: Bookworm Room » Two weeks worth of Watcher’s winners

Bookworm Room » Two weeks worth of Watcher’s winners — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:13:13 +0000

[...] Third place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Walter Russell Mead – Sunday Jeremiad: Petty Prophets of the Blue Beast [...]

By: Watcher of Weasels » Whispers That Expose Liberal Weirding

Watcher of Weasels » Whispers That Expose Liberal Weirding — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:08:49 +0000

[...] Third place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Walter Russell Mead – Sunday Jeremiad: Petty Prophets of the Blue Beast [...]

By: George Schmidt

George Schmidt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:01:47 +0000

Fascinating commentary on the American Episcopal Church in particular and mainline churches in general. As I read this I was captivated by the striking similarities in the United Church of Canada. I say a hearty “Amen” to to my colleague Paul Miller for his comment. As another “prophet” and “theologian” says it in song: “When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?” A good word for the Western Church

By: Quote of the Week – Mead on Mainline Churches and the “Blue Beast” « Reformation of a Messenger Boy

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:22:15 +0000

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By: Paul Miller

Paul Miller — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:32:59 +0000

I’m in the United Church of Canada whose decline is similar, but more advanced even than the American denominations. We can’t fool ourselves any longer. Like most American mainline churches, we also have a “renewal” movement — groups whose mission is to call the church back to its historic roots. The problem is that their agenda for “renewal” is completely driven by their opposition to the follies of the denomination, and for that reason they’ve allowed themselves to become even more marginalized and irrelevant than those they are opposing. You’re right, the church’s main task is to gather, nurture and send communities of vibrant Christian faith who can have a leavening effect on the society around them. This is starting to happen in the UK where traditional churches are in a state of even more advanced decay than in Canada — which just means that there’s no one around to stand in the way of creative new energy. I pray we will follow their lead.

By: Dr. Platypus » Blog Archive » Liberal Politics ≠ the Gospel

Dr. Platypus » Blog Archive » Liberal Politics ≠ the Gospel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:28:14 +0000

[...] Walter Russell Mead explains why: To mistake an ideology or a social model for the transcendent and always surprising (and irritating!) Kingdom of God is, technically speaking, the sin of idolatry. It is to worship the work of our own hands. What makes it worse is that to some degree in the mainline churches we have replaced faith in the scripturally based and historically rooted doctrines and values of the Christian heritage with faith in progressive social thought…. [...]

By: Watcher of Weasels » When Will John McCain Stop Getting In The Way of Conservative Momentum?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:00:48 +0000

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