There was a story of the Embarqmail Home page. The story says that The Crystal Cathedral and Robert H. Schuller have relieved the Rev. Robert A. Schuller of his duties as preacher at the Cathedral. The Elder Schuller had placed the mantle of authority on his son in an emotional service in 2006. Now in a written statement from the President of the corporation of the church the two Schullers had different visions of what the ministry was to be and how the ministry should be conducted.
There were two thoughts that came to mind: One, that God seldom calls families to preach. One of the great Old Testament leaders, Samuel, whose children turned out to be failures. It does not appear that any of the disciples had children who became leaders in the church. At least, I know of none. Martin Luther, John Calvin, do not seemed to have had children who followed or lived up to their father's place in the church. Franklin Graham is no Billy Graham. Joel Osteen is the son of a successful preacher, but Joel's father was a powerful pentecostal evangelical preacher and Joel is a long way from his father. David Buttrick is not the preacher that George Buttrick was. The list could be expanded. Robert A. Schuller is not the entertainer or motivational speaker that his father was. Actually the few times I hear the son, he had a lot more Christianity in him than his father.
The second fact was where this story was reported. It was reported in the Entertainment section of the news. What a sad and disappointing reality! The preaching of the Christian faith in the Crystal Cathedral is considered simply entertainment. Surely the presentation of the Christian faith has to be something more and different than entertainment where the events of the life of Britney Spears are reported. Perhaps that is what was eventually wrong with the Crystal Cathedral: the father was a better entertainer than his son and the ratings dropped. The church is not called to be a place of entertainment.
He came to bring a sword, to lite a fire, to cause a division of the house.
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