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12.23.2007

tried out a Cincinnati church today

I went to Church of the Covenant on the north side of Cincy. It was ok. People were pretty friendly. I was surprised and pleased to see a Psalm book there (although it was just for show this week). The theme of the sermon was Peace on Earth and the points (in ascending order, as the pastor rightfully pointed out) were: 1. Peace with creation 2. Peace with man 3. Peace with God.
I'm trying to decide whether or not I should go back, because one thing that the pastor opened with and spent a long time on is bugging me. He said that we should be more concerned about having peace with each other than with theological correctness. He used the fellow who objected to the PCUSA? supporting missionaries who didn't believe the DEITY OF CHRIST! and was kicked out to start the OP church as an example of what not to do.
Taken to its fullest extent, this pastor should probably apologize to the Roman Catholics about our disunity and try out for a priest position. (Except he is married, so I guess that nixes that idea) But going the other way is the possibility that he understands the tendency of Presbyterians to throw out love in our search for truth (and in arguments over petty points of theology), and he trusts his congregation enough to see the point that peace and unity are REALLY IMPORTANT to God, without taking it all the way to my first extreme. Unfortunately, his example says that unity is more important than the deity of Christ, so I'm not too enthused.

I'm thinking about flying out to Boston next week.

3 Comments:

At 11:03 p.m., Anonymous Anonymous said...

I grew up in northern suburbs of Cincinnat. So very sorry to read of this. This congregation was a split-off from College Hill Presbyterian Church, a PCUSA congregation in Cincinnati. I well remember its beginning. Maybe he ought to move the congregation back to them? Hopefully he accidentally misspoke.

 
At 11:05 p.m., Anonymous Anonymous said...

*Cincinnati*. Brother. And it's not like it's all that late. Too much holiday food today or sumpin

 
At 7:36 p.m., Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think that visiting Boston is an excellent idea. I've heard there's a good RP church in Cambridge...

-- Teffer

 

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