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Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, 7/7/01
Dave and I listened to an interesting on-line lecture the other night. We heard Dr. Rod Rosenbladt, a Lutheran professor and minister, speak on the topic of “The Gospel for Those Broken by the Church”. This lecture was originally given six years ago and is even more timely today.
Many people have been broken by their churches. They work and work and try to do the right thing, and it just gets harder, not easier. And sometimes their church makes them feel that “if only” they worked even harder and volunteered even more, and spent even more time at church, “then” they would receive more blessings.
Wrong! The Gospel message has nothing to do with our works. Among other points, Dr. Rosenbladt explicitly lists the kinds of people that many of us will be very surprised to see in heaven.
If you’ve struggled with your faith in your church because of what you’re seeing and hearing (and maybe don’t even go to church anymore), you don’t want to miss this powerful address – an unabashed analysis of the church today and what it is doing to many believers – from one who has experienced it himself.
If this topic sounds intriguing to you, listen to this 50 minute lecture. Your mind may be opened to a new way of looking at the Church.
New Reformation Press is offering this lecture free of charge. Here is the website where you can listen to the mp3 audio file or download a written PDF version: Gospel for Those Broken by the Church
Dr. Rod Rosenbladt
After listening to or reading this material, what do you think about what Dr. Rosenbladt said? Dave and I can relate to what he says because that has been our experience with church.
