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A Lesson: Just what did they do?
Some people might be wondering just what the big deal was/is about what the ELCA did at their Churchwide Assembly (CWA).
Is it that it was about homosexuality? Same-sex unions? Homosexual clergy?
While those are all sinful things, they are actually just symptoms, side issues if you will, of what the real problem is.
The real apostacy is [...]
A Lesson re: Polity
I’ve got a bunch of posts rattling around my head as a result of the recent ELCA Churchwide Assembly, my viewing of the ALPHA DVDs, the upcoming LCMS Convention, and various discussions & goings on at church (and yes, these are, actually, all relatively related…). So the good news is that, as soon as I [...]
Formalized Conventicles
If you’ve ever read The Hammer of God, then you’re familiar with conventicles (and if you haven’t read it, then go right out, get it and read it — do it NOW!!!).
Simply defined, a conventicle is a small, unofficial and unofficiated meeting of laypeople, to discuss religious issues. In Lutheranism and Anglicanism there is a [...]
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IN-District Convention – A view from the floor
On Thu 6/25 & Fri 6/26, the Indiana District met in convention, the 30th out of 35 District conventions this year. I was the lay delegate for Heritage, Valparaiso, and from my view in Section C, Row 3, Seat 120, we did some good, some bad, and a whole lot of indifferent during our time [...]
Any thoughts on ALPHA?
Does anyone out there have any strong thoughts on ALPHA, from a Lutheran p.o.v.?
Any links to resources that break ALPHA down, and examine it by holding it up against orthodox Lutheranism?
Any ideas on why it’s so appealing to Lutherans?
Any thoughts on why CPH hasn’t developed a Lutheran alternative? (I have a question in to Paul [...]
TLSB – Get yer sampler!
Hot off the presses, get yer 48-page sampler of The Lutheran Study Bible from CPH!
“This forty-eight page document features: a comparison chart of various study bibles; the story of The Lutheran Study Bible; a graphic overview of the Study Bible’s key features; samples from Genesis, the Psalms, John, and the Book of Romans; and finally, [...]
Same word, different meaning…