I’ve heard this set of verses many thousands of times, being its part of the liturgy, and it never hit home before. What would cause one to claim fellowship, and not live in the truth? I’m wondering if the allure of the law is so strong, it blinds folks from the Gospel? 1 John 1:5-7 [...]
0 Comment » I thought Bishop Hansen’s statement right after resolution 4 was passed were quite profound. This is from the ELCA unofficial text feed. Presiding Bishop Hanson: I WANT MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WORDS FROM ONE YOU HAVE CALLED TO SERVE AS PASTOR OF THIS CHURCH. I HAVE BEEN STANDING HERE THINKING ABOUT MY 23 YEARS [...]
Lots of folks are fussing over causality/God’s will or not. I’m not, as the arguments on both sides have been beat to death. What I do want to address is that the tornado impacted a much wider area than just the convention center and Central Lutheran. Homes were damaged, trees destroyed, and there is a real [...]
Some in the twitterverse have suggested or implied that applying bound conscience ends up replacing scripture with experience. Certainly history has shown time and time again, when other factors triumph over scripture, whacked theology and abusive practices show up in spades. By the same token, experience does play a role in scriptural interpretation. Wesley’s quadrilteral, [...]
@erikullestad tweeted the following: “Lots of people (on both “sides”) who think the sexuality vote DEFINES the #CWA09 and, by extension, the ELCA. I’d love to hear why..” As such, I’ll give it a shot To the same gender seminary grad praying to be allowed ordination, by all means, the vote defines #CWA09. Granted, they no doubt [...]
I subscribe to a conservative Christian email list, and a most interesting post came across the wire. A fellow suggested that all taxes relating to medical care are morally wrong. Its something interesting to ponder what the effects might be if that were the case. Most obviously, most of those over 65 would be out [...]
In some cases, the truth of the Gospel may end up rocking a persons worldview. It might be that someone has built their faith upon sand, ie a theology of glory, or in non Lutheran terminology, a subtle or not so subtle form of works based theology. Sadly, it seems that far too often, we [...]
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