(a.) What are the lyrics of these songs? (b.) What is the decibel level? (c.) How is "mosh" dancing biblical? (d.) Why does Laurie, a 59 year old pastor, even countenance any of this?
"When you earn your living by your faith you'll eventually lose one or the other."
Perhaps Laurie, like many other mega-pastors, is losing his faith for the sake of fame and fortune.
Finally, anyone who asks these kinds of questions or makes these points is a legalist, right? Isn't this driving a wedge between traditional and progressive Protestants?
Interesting that the article mentions an alleged miracle (appears to be disproven by a Harvard physician) because of one praying to a dead pope, but, as usual, The Associated Press, doesn't drill down to the underlying theological principles.
They never even answered why the RCC requires a miracle nor did they answer what is the biblical and historical support for this ancient practice, leaving the RCC appearing, again, to be an addled, dopey and brainless billion-person Christian organization.
I'm confident there will be many to whack this straw-man.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude 4
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way ot Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. Jude 11