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Having attended a local Calvary Chapel, I found this article very interesting, and you're conversation following it somewhat bizarre. My Pastor is neither the father nor the son (nor does he perp himself as the Holy Ghost, heh). I know first hand that he doesn't rely on his own interpretation of scripture, nor does he get marching orders from California. He prepares for his sermon using an array of Biblical scholarship that he has on CD ROM. Granted, his resources don't stray much into Catholic territory, yet neither are they limited to his own, or any other single commentary. Makes for interesting and often linguistically informative sermons.

I have no intention of participating in "my Church is better than your Church" spitwad fights. The spark of my Christianity was fanned early on by Catholic scholarship, to which I am grateful. My point is that "Sola Scriptura" doesn't apply here. The differences between father and son are more on method than on doctrine. Both believe primarily in reaching out to those struggling in the grip of some evil. That the father may have some misgivings about Jr's incorporating hypnotic and iconic rituals looks to me to be the primary issue.

I like the worship because of its simple focus on The Word sans ritual, and belting out the modern hymns along with a folk music band provides all the head clearing breathing exercises I need.