Tradition

Presentation to Rocky Mountain District on Traditional Lutheran Worship

June 12, 2009

Some time ago I gave a presentation to the Rocky Mountain District of the LCMS for their Theological Unity conference. I just discovered (thanks, Jennifer!) that a video of it was put on the internet. My given title was, “The Benefits of Traditional Liturgy.” My approach was more along the lines of (a) What the [...]

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The democracy of the dead

October 3, 2008

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors.  It is the democracy of the dead.  Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. -G.K. Chesterton

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