The Heart of the Conflict...

… regarding the never-ending “worship wars”:

An actual online conversation…

Me: “The ‘new song’ mentioned by the Psalmist finds its fulfillment in the cross, not in American pop music.”

A pro-”contemporary worship” LCMS pastor: “Um, no, it literally means new praise songs.”

This is why the two sides are irreconcilable. They represent two radically different worldviews: the Theology of the Cross vs. the Theology of Glory.

The LCMS really needs to pick one and stick with it.