Ugh. I grew up in the 60s and 70s listening to Barth, Bultmann, Moltmann, Stendahl, and the like quoted from the pulpit WAY more often than any human should have had to endure. That was liberal mainline life back in the day.

Then there was a time of relief when the liberation theologists and spiritual construct people were trotted out. They were much easier to tune out.

Along the way, my husband and I became Christians and attended a Evang. Cov. church. We started during Experiencing God, went through WWJD, Prayer of Jabez, Secret of the Vine, a couple John Maxwell fund-raisers and finally fled after 40 Days of Purpose, thus avoiding Stepping Out of the Boat.

After all that, we sympathized with the Young Evangelicals, until they started quoted Barth, Bultmann, and the rest of the team. We cried out, "No! Not again!" and "Great idea! Fix broken Evangelicalism by becoming Mainline Heretics!"

We thank God from the bottoms of our heart for our little OPC church. We hope to stay until we die, Jesus Returns, or our Pastor trots out Krister Stendahl!

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~Carolyn Martinson~
Covenant Presbyterian - OPC (Baldwin, WI)
River Falls, WI