Stories of congregations, and occasionally entire mainline Protestant denominations, that have lost touch with their Christian roots are by now old hat. But every once in a while, you come across one that almost serves as its own satire.
Take, for example, the case of the Lutheran church ladies fashioning clay images of pagan goddesses. I think blogger Russell Moore, at the link, put it best:
There’s a time to fight for a restoration of one’s church to fidelity and orthodoxy, and then there’s a time when one no longer has a communion of churches, but a sub-Christian organization.
Sometimes it is hard to tell when that transition has been made. When you get to Asherah worship, I think the ship has sailed.
Um, yeah. See all the little idols right here.
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