Don't you hate it when news comes out with headlines like this, on the FOX news website: "Lutherans Urged to Accept Homosexual Ministers." Two words that do not belong in that headline at all: Lutherans and Ministers. First, we real Lutherans do not in the slightest recognize the ELCGay (ELCA) to be a Lutheran Church, period. Their doctrine and practice is heterodox, heretical, and downright abismal. There's a ELCGay "church" (dare I even use the term church; okay, let's call it an ELCGay gathering of like empty-minded idiots) in the town south of the Northwoods Luther, and the sign currently reads: "Take your faith out for a spin and see what you can do." Dee Dee Dee!!! What useless dribble!
Not only has the ELCGay completely capitulated to culture, and the three enemies of devil, world, flesh, they're even making resolutions to "refrain from defrocking gay and lesbian 'ministers' who violate a celibacay rule..." So, they can be gay in the ELCGay, and masquerade as a "minister," but just can't practice their homosexuality. Ha! Ha! Ha! With that absurdity a sex offender could be a "minister" in the ELCGay, so long as he doesn't practice it; so also a murderer, thief, you name it... What next?
Well, to be honest, it had to go this way with the ELCGay. Once the snowball was rolling, you know. They've given up any sort of sound confession of Scripture, Christ, Word and Sacrament. Hell, they don't even believe there is a hell. Basic First Article faith isn't even there, for they've gone to bed with Rome on evolution, etc. Truthfully, Rome and Reformed have found their whipping boy: the ELCGay!
Just think, the next time your relatives in Minnesota, who have some queer boy or dike named "pastor chris" or "pastor pat" giving them the bread at the altar to which they bow, there's no doubt that those hands, and other things, have been in places they shouldn't have been.
"I wash my hands in innocence and go around Your altar, O Lord." (Psalm 26:6) Confession of sin as exactly that, entirely sinful, and absolution, that is, the forgiveness of our sin in Christ, washes us in the innocence of Christ and recalls our baptismal life. Examined and absolved, we go around His altar for His Gifts. Refraining from calling a thing what it is, sin - sin, we must refrain from receiving the Gifts of Christ, for then we have made ourselves guilty again, and our guilt remains.
So, refrain away ELCGay, for you have chosen "another" (Hetero) way, your own bondaged sinful will -- its way, which leads to destruction. Kyrie Eleison!
Regards,
Northwoods Luther
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The ELCA is only reaping what they began to sow long ago. A generation ago already they rejected God's Word by practicing their "faith" as they desired instead of as the Lord's commands (ex. open communion, women's ordination and the like).
Once you start down that slippery slope you pick up speed remarkably fast. Now it's endorsement of gross perversion, fellowship with non-Lutheran churches and theologians who vomit out disgusting and obnoxious works of blasphemy.
It's the result of their "higher critical" hermeneutic. Once reason is "god" and Christ is placed out of reach, Satan rules the roost.
ELCA is living proof that you reap what you sow. To paraphrase an orthodox Lutheran pastor, about all that unites the ELCA is lutefisk, lefse and Scandinavian customs.
ELCA - drop the name Lutheran. True Lutherans want to barf every time the media writes about your paganism. And while you're at it, openly denounce Scandinavian heritage as well before you screw that up too. This big Swede is pissed off every time your church body is associated with my ethnic background. My forefathers were something you (ELCA) are not - Lutheran!
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