tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4906813645425694124..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Say it ain't so....Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-42718046137086815102013-04-29T09:45:09.838-05:002013-04-29T09:45:09.838-05:00Just an addition. It's impossible to have a p...Just an addition. It's impossible to have a perfect LCMS. We have sinful members, elders, councils, pastors, district presidents. We even have a sinful Synod President. If you've ever listened to President Harrison speak, I think you'll hear those words from his own mouth.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-80076864634927958592013-04-29T09:40:55.214-05:002013-04-29T09:40:55.214-05:00"Reap what you sow. Things like this are you..."Reap what you sow. Things like this are your own damned fault."<br /><br />Whoever you are, and whatever Church Body you belong to, please let us know! You might get a whole lot of converts to your side!<br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, Baptists looking for REAL teaching, focus on Christ and the Cross, focus on the Word and not our own navels will be disappointed. A Denomination (LCMS) that does what is claimed to have happened has problems. My husband and I are a couple of those Baptists who did find the LCMS an imperfect "what they were looking for."<br /><br />However, individual churches aren't all like that. Sure hope this thing isn't prophetic; I'd hate to see Lutherans start church-hopping like the Baptists. The price of gas would be a killer on them....Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-66024524629345841002013-04-28T23:30:27.613-05:002013-04-28T23:30:27.613-05:00Why should a Lutheran denomination try to look and...Why should a Lutheran denomination try to look and sound like a Baptist church. That is soooo 1999. Disaffected Evangelicals are not seeking another church home that is a bad imitation of the church they are trying to leave. They want deep theology. Have the LCMS districts bothered to ask converts from Evangelicalism to the LCMS to learn what Evangelicals really want? I would wager they did not.<br /><br />If the worship and study materials are the same, then why leave that Baptist or non-denominational seeker church to join the LCMS? Why is this issue so hard for district presidents to understand? I am starting to think that there are pastors within the LCMS who are deliberately trying to ruin the Church.<br /><br />Most people at my church participate in singing during the traditional service. Almost no one sings along to the pop songs during the contemporary service. Ask why.<br /><br />I had such high hopes for President Harrison and his administration. Too bad the districts are going to sabotage President Harrison's cleanup efforts of the Church. The LCMS is indeed a sick organization. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-47363198314712890352013-04-28T20:46:54.085-05:002013-04-28T20:46:54.085-05:00Reap what you sow. Things like this are your own ...Reap what you sow. Things like this are your own damned fault.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038508116670615703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-13609381809397529462013-04-28T20:20:47.571-05:002013-04-28T20:20:47.571-05:00One of the official publications of one of our LCM...<i>One of the official publications of one of our LCMS Districts reports that a retired pastor has just been given an honorary doctorate from one of the Concordia universities owing to the fact that under his leadership, his congregation's music "transitioned from the emphasis on traditional music and added a more Gospel oriented genre."</i><br /><br />What District publication? What Concordia? What retired pastor? What kind of honorary doctorate?Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-415452673243644852013-04-28T17:13:57.831-05:002013-04-28T17:13:57.831-05:00Count me in!!!Count me in!!!Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07785072699747468450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-67551046991214086832013-04-28T13:45:28.999-05:002013-04-28T13:45:28.999-05:00Honorary doctorates are generally pretty meaningle...Honorary doctorates are generally pretty meaningless, and this one is doubly so. Just be sure everyone is aware how it was "earned," and it will stink to high heaven!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com