tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284760679407220035.post3337765322332010601..comments2023-11-02T09:16:03.751-04:00Comments on Old Hop: Life According to EkChuck Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01929470338280066656noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284760679407220035.post-14027744086775155692011-03-29T19:01:57.902-04:002011-03-29T19:01:57.902-04:00I hear you, Pewster. My brief infatuation with in...I hear you, Pewster. My brief infatuation with incense is long over. We haven't even used candles on the altar in months.Chuck Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929470338280066656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284760679407220035.post-48271754274392608762011-03-29T13:52:56.570-04:002011-03-29T13:52:56.570-04:00And there is still enough "low church" i...And there is still enough "low church" in me to remain suspicious of bells, smells, fancy dress and pomp and circumstance.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284760679407220035.post-48268563833468679172011-03-29T13:30:25.789-04:002011-03-29T13:30:25.789-04:00Very good point. Often style is an extension of s...Very good point. Often style is an extension of substance.<br /><br />There remains the evangelical in me that doesn't draw big distinctions between styles of hymns, dress, local customs, etc. The rejection of biblical orthodoxy and holiness is what I have in mind.Chuck Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929470338280066656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284760679407220035.post-83144375388351776152011-03-29T10:41:54.048-04:002011-03-29T10:41:54.048-04:00It is easy to be misled by style. It takes a disce...It is easy to be misled by style. It takes a discerning eye, sharpened by scripture, to see through to the substance of many so-called churches.<br /><br />Straw walls and straw men abound, often covered with a slick veneer.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.com