tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post5959289398625804203..comments2024-03-29T09:20:16.581-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: ELCA ELECTS GAY BISHOPPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-79309364722192274322013-06-05T12:26:44.596-05:002013-06-05T12:26:44.596-05:00Isn't it time to stop placing judgement and ri...Isn't it time to stop placing judgement and ridicule upon others? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-35364550048946618112013-06-05T10:44:37.971-05:002013-06-05T10:44:37.971-05:00That should be annon #3... That should be annon #3... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-82140737577618781262013-06-05T10:43:12.227-05:002013-06-05T10:43:12.227-05:00Annon #1 you're confusing a cliche with script...Annon #1 you're confusing a cliche with scripture (and for that matter the advertising slogan for the United Methodist church). Acceptance and inclusion are not the same thing as justification and sanctification. Jesus didn't die on the cross so we could remain in our iniquity trespasses and sin, but be brought to life and freed from sin and to grow in holiness through the work of the Holy Spirit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-65101484251246790942013-06-05T08:34:05.446-05:002013-06-05T08:34:05.446-05:00Those outside have closed minds, for sure, but onl...Those outside have closed minds, for sure, but only closed as Christ, Scripture, and tradition. It might be worth considering that you are open to the wrong things and you yourself have a closed mind when it comes to Christ, Scripture, and tradition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-43247535148492900092013-06-05T03:39:36.233-05:002013-06-05T03:39:36.233-05:00I am a member of the ELCA and could not be prouder...I am a member of the ELCA and could not be prouder of our faith for including all, as Jesus did. My prayers are with those who live within closed minds and hearts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-60949208581248216862013-06-04T10:50:24.273-05:002013-06-04T10:50:24.273-05:00I saw this coming twelve or so years ago when the ...I saw this coming twelve or so years ago when the ELCA had their full communion with the Episcopal church and our new parish pastor told our middle school boys that it is not a sin to be homosexual. Anyway, C.F.W. Walther said it best. If a church doesn't follow the Lutheran confessions, it isn't Lutheran, if it doesn't believe the Bible, it isn't Christian. The ELCA is deep in apostasy, as our Rev. Harrison has noted. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-52642665741714789932013-06-03T10:13:24.693-05:002013-06-03T10:13:24.693-05:00As the 2009 XXXA Church Wide Assembly wrapped up t...As the 2009 XXXA Church Wide Assembly wrapped up their meeting which had approved ordaining active homosexuals two days earlier, on Friday, August 21, 2009, then LCMS World Relief Executive Director <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mft66uHsaMg" rel="nofollow">Matthew Harrison</a>, now LCMS President, answered a question (at 9:16) from Rev. Todd Wilken on Issues, Etc.:<br /><br />Wilken: "Is apostasy too strong a word to describe what we’ve watched over the last — better part — of the decade that culminates this afternoon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America?"<br /><br />Harrison: "No, it is <a href="http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.asp?t1=a&word=APOSTASY" rel="nofollow">apostasy</a>. There’s no way around it. It gives me great pain to say that, but there’s no other word for it."Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-44135139450027090662013-06-03T08:53:52.569-05:002013-06-03T08:53:52.569-05:00As people continue to stampede out of the the ELCA...As people continue to stampede out of the the ELCA and TEC (Episcopal Church) in droves, we can only hope that both church bodies will merge to form a new denomination with the word "Lutheran" excluded from it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-80104348350404740692013-06-02T18:48:39.685-05:002013-06-02T18:48:39.685-05:00I'm a non-denominational Christian, not a Luth...I'm a non-denominational Christian, not a Lutheran who enjoys reading your blog posts. But after reading about the ordination of a homosexual Lutheran pastor, I nearly ceased consideration of Lutheranism as a denomination worthy of further exploration. <br />Thankfully I decided to check what ELCA meant and was reminded that you yourself are not part of that form of Lutheranism. <br />But unless you make it clear that you are LCMS Lutheran as distinct from the ELCA, you will be considered to be the same denomination by non-Lutherans, which will only harm your denomination. <br />You may want to make it clear on your Blog banner that you belong to the LCMS!David Lookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08242524289206469317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-77044463441907691212013-06-02T14:28:41.343-05:002013-06-02T14:28:41.343-05:00i hope that such actions by the ELCA will continue...i hope that such actions by the ELCA will continue to help motivate the NALC and the LCMC to become as confessional as the LCMS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-6228103338133306672013-06-02T13:13:20.075-05:002013-06-02T13:13:20.075-05:00Nothing like keepin' up with the Piskies!
Fr....Nothing like keepin' up with the Piskies!<br /><br />Fr. D+<br />Anglican PriestDr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-20878028194953118692013-06-02T13:03:19.483-05:002013-06-02T13:03:19.483-05:00Why is this a surprise? The ELCA are heretics and...Why is this a surprise? The ELCA are heretics and have been for a long time. If the LCMS were smart, they would cut off ALL relations with them. The Orthodox would be wise to do the same. There is no point in continuing to work or even dialogue with people who have so forsaken the faith. Pr. Harrison would be wise to announce an immediate severance of any ties immediately.--ChrisUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038508116670615703noreply@blogger.com