Transfusion of heathen ceremonies into Christian worship...

From the book "History of Romanism" by John Downling

In the words of a distinguished member of the establishment in Great Britain, Dean Waddington, "the copious transfusion of heathen ceremonies into Christian worship, which had taken place before the end of the fourth century, had, to a certain extent, paganized ( if we may so express it ) the outward form and aspect of religion, and these ceremonies became more general and more numerous, and, so far as the calamities of the times would permit, more splendid in the age which followed. To console the convert for the loss of his favorite festival, others of a different name, but similar description, were introduced; and the simple and serious occupation of spiritual devotion was beginning to degenerate into a worship of parade and demonstration, or a mere scene of riotous festivity."

These guys

Thinking about these guys lately
- Waldensians
- John Wycliffe
- Jan Hus
- William Tyndale

Facebook...no more

Pulled the trigger and decided to deactivate my Facebook account. I attempted to engage folks in various Reformed and Lutheran groups ( even Anglican ) only to run into people who became dogmatic on any and every issue without the slightest attempt to enter into a conversation/dialogue. This only caused me unneeded frustration.

My first step was to remove myself from those groups and simply read occasional news items or posts from a few friends. But I got tired of seeing pictures of food and hearing how awesome everyone was. All that was left were news items, which I was already seeing in my Blog Roll and/or Twitter feed.

So I'm out, I'm done with FB and actually breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe I'll try to get back on here and write more. Just to work out my thoughts. Seeing much in Christianity that concerns me. Yes, it is easy to pick out the bad in things, but that is where my heart is. Not picking bad out, but uprooting error and falsehoods before they get too deep and defending Gospel centered Christianity and not a politcally-co-opted western religion.