tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8307778910032048311..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Drunk and dazed. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53282220302818529672013-10-23T21:37:21.453-05:002013-10-23T21:37:21.453-05:00The LCMS/BSA Memorandum of Understanding was not a...The LCMS/BSA Memorandum of Understanding was not approved by the delegates at the synodical convention. In fact an overture opposed to the BSA decision, which could have been discussed, amended, and voted on (for or against), was derailed by the floor committee.<br /><br />The signing of the MOU is just another example of the SP tapdancing to the <i>Newtown Flip-Flop</i>.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-70355237754941733502013-10-20T22:21:57.165-05:002013-10-20T22:21:57.165-05:00Carl,
The LCMS should not rely on the Boy Scouts ...Carl,<br /><br />The LCMS should not rely on the Boy Scouts to remain "good" forever. It should covertly expand the mission of Higher Things *before* the BSA evolves into a more "gay friendly" organization. The BSA will become an advocate of "social justice." It is only a matter of time.<br /><br />What is wrong with the LCMS?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-86381738397385243782013-10-20T22:13:01.185-05:002013-10-20T22:13:01.185-05:00Most LCMS pastors are brainwashed into thinking th...Most LCMS pastors are brainwashed into thinking that the "young people" between the ages of 18-34 will be turned off by traditional hymns and the liturgy and never join the church. Sad, but true. Such LCMS pastors do not get out much.<br /><br />If LCMS pastors were to sneak into the Sunday services of Evangelical churches and then instantly picture themselves as those Evangelical preachers, they would realize the stupidity of their behavior, return to their congregations, and reintroduce the hymnal.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-54872257418670813502013-10-20T07:14:27.998-05:002013-10-20T07:14:27.998-05:00The 1989 conference was made when Seminary enrollm...The 1989 conference was made when Seminary enrollments were at a low, hence the lay deacon and SMP programs came out of it. I am not a fan of these programs, but to equate our problems with the ELCA is way over the top. Ted Badjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220879004715648795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-10714364426466857592013-10-19T15:57:24.371-05:002013-10-19T15:57:24.371-05:00"The LCMS has a curable STD, but it refuses t...<i>"The LCMS has a curable STD, but it refuses to abstain from its risky behavior and get treatment."</i><br /><br />Based on <a href="http://blogs.lcms.org/2013/lcms-releases-statement-on-scouting" rel="nofollow">its latest public admission</a>, the LCMS is behaving similarly to the openly homosexual youth whose membership in the BSA, the LCMS SP, on behalf of the Synod, agreed to respect.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-55288419365906854952013-10-19T14:02:22.496-05:002013-10-19T14:02:22.496-05:00I and my family attend a liturgical LCMS church. ...I and my family attend a liturgical LCMS church. However, our church does not have an elementary school, so our children attend school at another LCMS church.<br /><br />We recently attended the Divine Service in this church to see our children sing. As we walked into the church, a praise band with electric guitar, drum set and backup singers was belting out the latest Christian "hit". A large projection screen was in the place of the cross/crucifix, and the pastor was in street clothes.<br /><br />I cringed.<br /><br />I said to myself, "I left the emotional and spiritual roller coaster of Evangelicalism for this?"Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-50436200536256686692013-10-19T12:27:25.221-05:002013-10-19T12:27:25.221-05:00The ELCA has aids.
The LCMC and the NALC have inc...The ELCA has aids.<br /><br />The LCMC and the NALC have incurable syphilis.<br /><br />The LCMS has a curable STD, but it refuses to abstain from its risky behavior and get treatment.<br /><br />There is no hope for the ELCA and its splinter groups. Are there any signs that Missouri is changing? How about at the district level?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-27610162332092910312013-10-19T10:24:25.073-05:002013-10-19T10:24:25.073-05:00Dear Pr. Peters,
I missed the particular comments...Dear Pr. Peters,<br /><br />I missed the particular comments from ++Welby that you have discussed here today. I don't usually pay much attention to what he says; it is usually incoherent and foolish.<br /><br />I would like to point out to all readers that the Archbishop of Canterbury no longer speaks for the majority of Anglicans world wide. He speaks for the CoE, the American ECUSA, the Anglican Church of Canada, and not very much more (probably should include New Zealand in there as well). Most of the rest of Anglicanism, which includes the US, Africa, India, and SE Asia, think that he, and all his buddies, are apostate. He is best ignored.<br /><br />This is a sad thing to say, because historically, the Archbishop of Canterbury was the head of the entire Anglican Communion. But with apostasy comes loss of position, and that is now well established.<br /><br />Fr. D+<br />Anglican PriestDr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-24846999094809972162013-10-19T09:48:45.261-05:002013-10-19T09:48:45.261-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erik Maldrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069445625382113969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-41316849570207457812013-10-19T09:43:14.559-05:002013-10-19T09:43:14.559-05:00I am happy to say the only tattoo I have is the on...I am happy to say the only tattoo I have is the one God put on my forehead at my Baptism.Erik Maldrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069445625382113969noreply@blogger.com