[George W. Bush]

I think not giving the congregation meat is akin to sending a child out into a snowstorm without a coat.

A while back, I would have agreed. Now, I think it's closer to opening the door to the wolves outside the fold.

I try not to feel abused by it. And, dumb old me, I thought I could ignore it and hope for the best. I think more churches are in this situation than most Christians suspect. The quiet rumblings from Baptist clergy indicates a growing awareness of the problem. I've read about it for years. Now I see it as something less than an abstract problem far away from me.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I try not to feel abused by it.

That can be very difficult when supposed brothers and sisters in Christ are proudly heading for the cliffs and encouraging you to jump with them.

This is one of the reasons I believe Presbyterianism is the most stable and Biblical principle for guiding a church. A diagonal system of checks and balances works optimally, if not always perfectly.

But as we've seen with the PCUSA, anything can be corrupted if it's not led by Scripture and sound doctrine.

I agree about the wolves. Christians should spend more time reading about them in the Bible. I think they'd be surprised at just how much ink is devoted to warning the sheep about their predatory enemy.

THE REGULATORY PRINCIPLE IN WORSHIP