Against Liturgy…thoughts from Doug Wilson

One of the most captivating lectures at the Auburn Avenue Conference came from Pastor Douglas Wilson. Wilson entitled his talk: Against Liturgy. This was a play on Leithart’s classic: Against Christianity. In his book, Leithart is opposing the “ism” of Christianity, not Christianity itself. Wilson’s argument against Liturgy was an argument of caution. He noted that many have pursued liturgical reform to the detriment of other elements of worship. Some in the Anglo/Catholic tradition have emphasized liturgical structures so much that they have lost sight of the preached word. The Biblical proclamation is nothing but an added footnote to the worship service. In this case, we are to be against liturgy.

Ron Paul was right (again) on the “Iranian Threat”

(Thanks to Crooks and Liars)

Romney Blasts Paul For Minimizing Iranian “Threat”

By: Nicole Belle on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 at 3:38 PM 

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At the FOX GOP snoozefest…er, debate, interesting moments were few and far between. But this moment does clarify exactly how disinterested the Republican party is on substantive discussion as opposed to mindless fear-mongering.

When Ron Paul points out that the whole trumped up Iranian speedboat threat in the Straits of Hormuz has a whole Gulf of Tonkin smell to it and that we need to be careful before posturing aggressively over a non-existent threat.

And Mitt Romney’s reply?

I think Congresman Paul should not be reading as many of Ahmadinejad’s press releases.

Nice. Why let pesky little things like facts get in the way, right, Mitt? Even though the Navy is backing down and saying the speedboats posed no threat and there’s some question as to the voice on the recording, let’s not stop fearmongering ourselves into a huge conflict with Iran too–all our dealings in the Middle East have worked out so well, haven’t they?

(h/t The Aristocrats)