[Lexinom]

Good grief! I can understand your frustration. No, the kind of churches you talk of, with mechanical worship, politics, deserve no defense, insofar as they add to and subtract from the Word and let the flock go hungry.

A hearty "Amen".

[Wallace T.]

I am aware that there are liturgical churches where God's Word is faithfully and accurately taught. The Reformed Episcopalians and the Wisconsin Synod Lutherans come to mind. James Kennedy, a PCA minister, runs a robes and ritual congregation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. However, the liturgy of these churches, similar as it is to the mainline liberal denominations, must be an impediment to sound preaching, as it focuses on externals rather than the Word of God.