CONSERVATIVE LUTHERANS HAVE A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE TO WAGE
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
According to Neela Banerejee of the New York Times, "A task force of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America recommended that it retain its policy against blessing same-sex unions and ordaining gays, but suggested that sanctions could be avoided for pastors and congregations that chose to do so."
Can a Christian imagine the apostle Paul calling for a task force to conclude what God had already revealed? Can one think of Jesus calling for a committee to decide on what the Father told Him in prayer?
Whatever happened to "Thus saith the Lord!"?
That is the reasoning of biblical Lutherans. They conclude that divine revelation is already with us in the Bible. Therefore, why should a denomination’s task force come to any conclusion about moral issues but what the Bible presents?
Biblical Lutherans are contesting the most recent waffling of the Lutheran task force on homosexual this and that within that particular branch of Christendom.
Lutherans let the homo legit door open wide when they waffled at the start, committing sacrilege, going the way of apostasy. One cannot think of the Southern Baptist Convention granting such procedures on moral matters.
Nor can one think of the Assembly of God doing same. Or the Church of God, Cleveland Tennessee. Or the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Or the Church of God, Anderson Indiana. Or any other evangelical, scripturally moored denomination.
Of course, when it came to the Wesleyan holiness-heritage United Methodist Church, they had quite the battle in their last annual conclave. Homosexuals had infiltrated to an alarming degree — both within the laity and clergy — so as to almost turn that denomination into a practicing homosexual lobby. Thank heaven the biblically grounded vote won the day. But the entire session was consumed with unbelievable tension.
The Presbyterian Church is dealing with the same stress. Only time will tell whether or not the homosexual infiltration overcomes the biblically aligned so as to change church policy into heresy condoned.
When it comes to mainstream churches, they are sliding so liberal theologically that it’s quite frightening. How far can apostasy go until a denomination implodes? The Episcopalians are already paying a severe price for saying Yes to practicing homosexuals. They are left with extreme turmoil in the US while the African Anglicans castigate the American church for going the way of the devil.
Such is life in the End Time.
Now the Lutheran task force has come out with its own compromising, wimpish, appearing-to-be-pious "wiggle room." Biblical Lutherans are not at all happy, rightfully so. They see the whole matter pressing on right-and-wrong issues. They count the situation as letting Satan take over their church or bowing contritely before the Lord God in holiness.
"Word Alone, a biblically orthodox Lutheran group, sharply criticized the recommendations as an attempt to hoodwink parishioners into believing that policies remained unchanging despite the fact that sanctions may not be enforced.
"The sixth-largest Christian denomination, with five million members in the United States and Caribbean, the Lutheran Church is attempting to resolve what the task force called a ‘deep, pervasive’ disagreement about the role and treatment of gay men and lesbians."
The "deep, pervasive disagreement" would not have had to be if the denomination had not permitted at the very start the blatant perversions maximum.
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According to Neela Banerejee of the New York Times, "A task force of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America recommended that it retain its policy against blessing same-sex unions and ordaining gays, but suggested that sanctions could be avoided for pastors and congregations that chose to do so."
Can a Christian imagine the apostle Paul calling for a task force to conclude what God had already revealed? Can one think of Jesus calling for a committee to decide on what the Father told Him in prayer?
Whatever happened to "Thus saith the Lord!"?
That is the reasoning of biblical Lutherans. They conclude that divine revelation is already with us in the Bible. Therefore, why should a denomination’s task force come to any conclusion about moral issues but what the Bible presents?
Biblical Lutherans are contesting the most recent waffling of the Lutheran task force on homosexual this and that within that particular branch of Christendom.
Lutherans let the homo legit door open wide when they waffled at the start, committing sacrilege, going the way of apostasy. One cannot think of the Southern Baptist Convention granting such procedures on moral matters.
Nor can one think of the Assembly of God doing same. Or the Church of God, Cleveland Tennessee. Or the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Or the Church of God, Anderson Indiana. Or any other evangelical, scripturally moored denomination.
Of course, when it came to the Wesleyan holiness-heritage United Methodist Church, they had quite the battle in their last annual conclave. Homosexuals had infiltrated to an alarming degree — both within the laity and clergy — so as to almost turn that denomination into a practicing homosexual lobby. Thank heaven the biblically grounded vote won the day. But the entire session was consumed with unbelievable tension.
The Presbyterian Church is dealing with the same stress. Only time will tell whether or not the homosexual infiltration overcomes the biblically aligned so as to change church policy into heresy condoned.
When it comes to mainstream churches, they are sliding so liberal theologically that it’s quite frightening. How far can apostasy go until a denomination implodes? The Episcopalians are already paying a severe price for saying Yes to practicing homosexuals. They are left with extreme turmoil in the US while the African Anglicans castigate the American church for going the way of the devil.
Such is life in the End Time.
Now the Lutheran task force has come out with its own compromising, wimpish, appearing-to-be-pious "wiggle room." Biblical Lutherans are not at all happy, rightfully so. They see the whole matter pressing on right-and-wrong issues. They count the situation as letting Satan take over their church or bowing contritely before the Lord God in holiness.
"Word Alone, a biblically orthodox Lutheran group, sharply criticized the recommendations as an attempt to hoodwink parishioners into believing that policies remained unchanging despite the fact that sanctions may not be enforced.
"The sixth-largest Christian denomination, with five million members in the United States and Caribbean, the Lutheran Church is attempting to resolve what the task force called a ‘deep, pervasive’ disagreement about the role and treatment of gay men and lesbians."
The "deep, pervasive disagreement" would not have had to be if the denomination had not permitted at the very start the blatant perversions maximum.
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