http://lutheranforums.com/blog no longer walking away when God opens a door Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:05:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few months back, there was a whole lot of fuss when a zoning official required permits for a home Bible study. When all was said and done, no doubt due to a lot of outrage, it ended up being dropped. The sad thing is, there were Christians in favor of ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/10/11/separation-of-church-and-state-money-or-jesus/ One of the the issues that's concerned me for a period of time, is imbalance in the 3rd use of the law. At first, it was just a perception, but having talked to numerous folks, in addition to what I picked up this morning, I'm pretty convinced its hosed up ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/10/10/3rd-use-imbalance-eavstweetdropping-c21/ Phil Johnson tweeted a comment on this article, and I went whoa.... I generally don't like to judge another Christians faith practices, nor approach to ministry, as I do fully believe we are all on the same team. About the only time I get really concerned is when abuse, toxic soteriology, ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/10/05/youth-ministry-whoa-relevance-or/ Have you found Jesus? I didn't know he was missing.... is a cool quote from the movie Forest Gump. I've been doing some thinking on this. In some communities, the focus is on the poor and the least of these to a huge extent... in some cases, Jesus is rarely mentioned ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/09/19/have-you-found-jesus-i-didnt-know-he-was-missing/ @MattCleaver wrote a post a couple days ago on why he is against memorizing scripture in youth programs. He said he had his flame suit on... but as of yet, no one has really flamed him. Thus, I'll give it a shot :) <cool looking flame thrower icon goes here> Some ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/09/16/against-scripture-memorization-in-youth-programs-a-counterpoint/ @TragicPizza Aug 30th Sermon is pretty cool. He talks about a chasm of differences that far too often get in the way of loving God and loving one's neighbor. It could be rigious adherence to laws, or rigorous adherence to social practices. Either way, we need to challenge ourselves to ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/09/05/sabbath-mode/ 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 ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/08/29/claiming-fellowship-and-not-living-by-the-truth/ 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 ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/08/21/bishop-hanson-after-passage-of-res-4-cwa09/ 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, ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/08/20/tornado-cwa09-but-what-about-the-rest/ 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 ... http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/08/18/bound-conscious-whats-the-deal/