tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2649613776840980232..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Grieving the Loss of a Family MemberPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-66488362882783233902009-11-05T11:31:43.882-06:002009-11-05T11:31:43.882-06:00I agree with Randy, the ELCA left us. My church b...I agree with Randy, the ELCA left us. My church back home is still Biblical however the church at my college town told me after this decision that "some people were bound to be hurt by this on one side or the other." As if this were a simple disagreement which the Holy Scriptures do not clearly address. I am going to talk with this pastor about what was said in his church, however I may be looking for a confessing Lutheran church soon.<br /><br />+God Bless,<br />BrockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53532001913262237942009-09-14T00:57:58.261-05:002009-09-14T00:57:58.261-05:00I have found an LCMS congregation that is welcomin...I have found an LCMS congregation that is welcoming, friendly, and does not parse the Scriptures to make them say what they do not say.<br /><br />Even though I have not formally severed ties, I have left the ELCA...or actually it left me.Randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-84777789047123167942009-08-31T16:50:37.531-05:002009-08-31T16:50:37.531-05:00Don't "practices which conflict with a fa...Don't "practices which conflict with a faithful confession" compromise our theological confession?<br /> <br />This is a BIG part of our problem in the LCMS. Practice is part of our confession. Until otherwise faithful people come to grips with this we will continue to get farther and farther away from being a Lutheran synod. <br /><br />Look at this sentence again: <br />"But the errors prevalent in Missouri are not a theological confession which is compromised but practices which conflict with a faithful confession."<br /> <br />Doesn't a practice that conflicts with a faithful confession, by definition, compromise that confession? In fact, isn't a practice which conflicts with a faithful confession also known as hypocricy? <br /><br />This is why we have the proverbs, "practice what you preach," and "actions speak louder than words."<br /><br />We of the LCMS do indeed live in a glass house.Rev. Kurt Heringhttp://www.trinitylayton.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-87475930320448275792009-08-27T22:37:45.780-05:002009-08-27T22:37:45.780-05:00Pastor Peters, please continue your prayers for us...Pastor Peters, please continue your prayers for us. Right now I am heartsick, angry and betrayed.<br /><br />The authority of Scripture, which the ELCA (on paper) regards as the written word of God, was put up for a vote. Guess who lost? It certainly wasn't the revisionists!<br /><br />They do not care that what they have done has effectively destroyed what was the ELCA. It wasn't just done at CWA. It was "death by a thousand cuts," ever since this "study" was initiated eight years ago. Meaningless sanctions against congregations calling homosexual pastors...the establishment of an organisation (Extraordinary Ordinations) to completely defy then-ELCA policy...postponement of resolution over and over (until the time was "right")...allowing pastors not rostered in the ELCA to continue to serve as parish pastors...demonising traditionalists as "intolerant," "homophobic," even "Nazis"...then finally early this year a recommendation to "exercise restraint" against sanctioning noncompliant congregations/synods...does anyone REALLY doubt this was a slam-dunk from the getgo?<br /><br />Now they are gloating. They are crowing about supposed "justice" having come to the ELCA and having beaten the "exclusionists." They make it clear that THEY now control the "debate."<br /><br />Presiding Bishop Hanson is calling for "unity." I believe he supported this all along. Unity in what, Bishop?<br /><br />The ELCA has forgotten Law and Gospel in favour of a feel-good humanist "theology" that allows things like "herchurch.org" to exist under its umbrella in the name of "inclusiveness."<br /><br />I do not know yet what my congregation will do, but I know there are a lot of hurt and angry people who do not like this.<br /><br />Pastor, expect posters to tell you to MYOB because you're a member of the intolerant, homophobic, patriarchal Missouri Synod. DON'T BUY IT.<br /><br />Right now I don't know whether to cry or spit hand grenades.Randynoreply@blogger.com