tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4290176135408125051..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Coexist or not. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-10476041836970811702017-01-12T05:54:50.019-06:002017-01-12T05:54:50.019-06:00For a simple document walking through Lutheran Wor...For a simple document walking through Lutheran Worship, check out the "What about..." series on the LCMS Belief and Practice page (https://www.lcms.org/belief-and-practice). What's needed? God's word, His Sacraments, and a teaching that leads His people back to Him. It's our theology that makes us unique-not looking or sounding like Evangelicals or Catholics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-67780797277159977292017-01-08T20:30:49.344-06:002017-01-08T20:30:49.344-06:00http://lutheranliturgy.org/
The best resource I k...http://lutheranliturgy.org/<br /><br />The best resource I know of for finding a liturgical, confessional church. Those pastors whose churches don't conform to one or both seem to wear it like a badge of honor and will not allow their congregation to be listed on this site...at least, as far as I'm aware!jwskudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-64448212377075213472017-01-08T11:24:27.465-06:002017-01-08T11:24:27.465-06:00Anonymous.....I am really surprised that the Sunda...Anonymous.....I am really surprised that the Sunday services in your church compares to a "box of chocolates." The LCMS I attend is very much focused on participation in the printed Liturgy, and the sermon and hymns are Christ focused. I think your congregation should have a meeting to discuss this important issue, and if there is no improvement, you need to find another LCMS church...even if you must drive a little further. Like yourself, I have been in at least two LCMS churches which were not focused, but I have always found another LCMS which did have a very solid worship service. John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-28293129053144990552017-01-08T08:05:55.224-06:002017-01-08T08:05:55.224-06:00The LCMS has already decided on these matters and ...The LCMS has already decided on these matters and they will continue indefinitely. Sunday morning services in our churches is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get. It may be confessional and scriptural. It may not. It has created a real mess of doctrine and practice, which has resulted in a great confusion and disunity among the laity and pastors of our churches. Thanks for highlighting this and for your concern.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-8882452045673343372017-01-08T07:38:22.419-06:002017-01-08T07:38:22.419-06:00The bottom line: We must worship the Lord in spiri...The bottom line: We must worship the Lord in spirit and truth, and whether we, as Lutherans, do it perfectly or not, and whether we have uniformity or not, will be continually debated. The Lord is fully aware of our shortcomings, but will our denominational identity and ceremonial preferences really matter when we stand before Him? John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-88058579839901607902017-01-08T07:11:37.942-06:002017-01-08T07:11:37.942-06:00When I was Presbyterian I worshipped in a large ur...When I was Presbyterian I worshipped in a large urban church where the ministers wore the Genevan gown.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-11271464762800553862017-01-08T06:28:57.697-06:002017-01-08T06:28:57.697-06:00It's been decades since I have seen a Geneva g...It's been decades since I have seen a Geneva gown. I mostly see the cowls or chasubles. Maybe I haven't been to the real remote rural congregations. Some of the second groups preferences that you mention I see. That I hear 'Leaning on the Everlasting Arms' or other spirituals means that my congregation is in the South. I do get alarmed when I hear any Decision Theology lyrics from contemporary songs.Ted Badjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220879004715648795noreply@blogger.com