Can Protestantism be Fixed?
Please indulge me in a little bit more foolishness about the innovators. During my sojourn in the LCMS, I was actually told that the Nicene creed is just words written by a bunch of dead guys, and they are no better than words written by some other bunch of guys (preferably in tie-dyed shirts, one is tempted to think). The liturgy was racist, I was told, and unfit for anybody under 50, and we had to change things to attract non-Germans. ( Changing things means having confessions that bemoan our inability to hear gentle voices and feel sweet whispers on the wind, and other precious moments.) There was a lot more of this kind of silliness that I will skip out of Christian charity. But you ve got to hear a little more to get a sense for what it s like to try to be Catholic, but not Roman Catholic in today s church. To be perfectly honest I have to say that it wasn t all bad. We did have a traditional service at the Lutheran church, which, when it was done right, was amazingly good. We had
