tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6932555915691836778..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: But it's Biblical. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-59339973952399235382015-08-25T10:45:20.662-05:002015-08-25T10:45:20.662-05:00Joseph,
Marriage was instituted by God i nthe Ga...Joseph, <br /><br />Marriage was instituted by God i nthe Garden of Eden before the Fall. It is the distortion and perversion of marriage by sinful people which generates hate and murder.<br /><br />God, in His omniscience, doesn't always bring His wrath down immediately on every abomination that occurs (for which we repentent sinners should be thankful).Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-48512834539314269512015-08-25T10:41:13.197-05:002015-08-25T10:41:13.197-05:00Hey May Palmer, The Queen of Ivory Soul, or whatev...Hey <a href="http://www.maypalmer.com/sept09/Palmer/Welcome.html" rel="nofollow">May Palmer, The Queen of Ivory Soul</a>, or whatever:<br /><br />Whether or not you are a Lutheran, you seem to be unfamiliar with the confessional Lutheran position, as stated in Luther's Large Catechism in its explanation of the 3rd, 4th, and 7th Petitions of the <a href="http://bookofconcord.org/lc-5-ourfather.php" rel="nofollow">Lord's Prayer</a>.<br /><br />As Rev. Walter Snyder <a href="http://xrysostom.blogspot.com/2006/09/praying-evil-upon-our-enemies.html" rel="nofollow">noted in his 2006 blog</a>: <br /><br />"No one can pray the Lord’s Prayer correctly without cursing. For when he prays: ‘Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,’ he must put all the opposition to this on one pile and say: ‘Curses, maledictions, and disgrace upon every other name and every other kingdom! May they be ruined and torn apart, and may all their schemes and wisdom and plans run aground.’ (<i>Luther’s Works</i> 21:101)"<br /><br />You may also want to consider Prof. Raymond Surburg's "<a href="http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/surburginterpretationpsalms.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Interpretation of Imprecatory Psalms</a>" (<i>The Springfielder</i>, Vol. 39, No. 3, July, 1975, 88-102):<br /><br />"When all is quiet and peaceful in the Church, many may not feel very keenly the need for the use of the Imprecatory Psalms. Some may study them merely in an academic way. However, when persecution bursts upon the Church, as has been the case in communistic and atheistic Russia, in Communist China, in Cuba where Christian pastors and their flocks have been subjected to torture, inhuman indignities and death, when the faith of God's people is severely tried by the enemies of the Lord, Christians instinctively have turned to these psalms."<br /><br />Also helpful is C.F.W. Walther's <i>The Proper Distinction between Law and Gospel</i>.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-622116237560876612015-08-25T09:55:45.338-05:002015-08-25T09:55:45.338-05:00Hey Carl Vehse and the like (you know who you are!...Hey Carl Vehse and the like (you know who you are!): <br />Maybe those same Lutheran Pastors are too busy on Sunday Mornings being about more important "stuff" such as preaching and teaching God's Holy Word and administering the Sacrament. You know, that "stuff" that actually brings people to saving faith, strengthens faith, gives forgiveness of sins, etc., That Eternity "stuff" that really matters. Even Christian folk, who are no better than unregenerate sinners, are looking for justification/excuses to support their notions of what they believe God Sanctions. <br />What God Sanctions in Marriage is as follows: Jesus+ One Man + One Woman=Godly Marriage. Got it?? Good. Now go and live out this beautiful God-Given Day in the Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. May Palmer, The Queen of Ivory Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886023254613593000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-75948954468161013812015-08-25T09:43:12.562-05:002015-08-25T09:43:12.562-05:00Some might point out that marriage also generates ...Some might point out that marriage also generates hate and murder. And if polygamy was tolerated due to hardness of heart, why not homosexuality? Not only was polygamy tolerated but those who engaged were blessed and used by God as leaders with nary a word from God condemning it.<br />Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-73481906604378745092015-08-25T07:31:54.691-05:002015-08-25T07:31:54.691-05:00If polygamy, like abortion, spawns violence, resen...If polygamy, like abortion, spawns violence, resentment, hate, apostasy, and murder, rather than simply being the moral equivalent of wearing the wrong color of socks, then where are the imprecatory prayers of Lutheran pastors in worship services, asking God to crush and destroy the efforts of polygamy advocates and enablers, including the fifth-column leftist media proponents, and to bring them to justice in our government?Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com