We will recall the heady days of William Jennings Bryan, when being "progressive" meant you were passionately pursuing God's Word and applying in all of life, not chasing after man's glorification of himself. Isn't it strange how preachers used to be our greatest men, now we treat them as outmoded anachronisms? Where are we going? Did anyone see Donahue's verbal mauling of the president of a Southern Baptist seminary? What was the horribly offensive remark he uttered to deserve Donahue's wrath, you ask? He said, "Jesus is the Jewish Messiah." Last time I checked, that was our confession for two millenia. Christianity is worthless without that claim. Perhaps that's too offensive these days. How ridiculous!
Update: I read the whole thing. I’m sorry, but what a weirdo. I thought you [Tom Darrow, of Denver, CO] made a trenchant case for why lockdowns are bad, and I definitely appreciated it. But a graduation speech is *not* the place for that. Secondly, this is an august event. It always is. I would never address the President of the United States in this manner. Never. Even the previous president, though he deserves it, if anyone does. Thirdly, the affirmations of Catholic identity should be more general. He has no authority to propound with specificity on all matters of great consequence. It has all the hallmarks of a culture war broadside, and again, a layman shouldn’t speak like this. The respect and reverence due the clergy is *always due,* even if they are weak, and outright wrong. We just don’t brush them aside like corrupt Mafia dons, to make a point. Fourthly, I don’t know where anyone gets the idea that the TLM is how God demands to be worshipped. The Church doesn’t teach that. ...
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