“When Calvinist preacher Jonathan Edwards told worshipers in 1741 that they were loathsome spiders held over the pit of hell by the gracious hand of an offended God, he wasn’t speaking a heretical creed but the basic vocabulary of American faith.” “Much of modern Christianity preaches a comforting Home Depot theology: You can do it. […]
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The CORE Chorus
When CORE launches The North American Lutheran Church (NALC) in August 2010, will it require the threefold historic episcopate? No, but note the chorus that will sing at this launching: Read more here and as a .PDF file here.
CORE – more clergy-centered in the NALC
How does LCMC differ from the NALC (North American Lutheran Church) which CORE is starting? Two of many differences: 1. The NALC will be led by a bishop who alone can install his successor into office. 2. In the NALC the national assembly will include all pastors and bishops as delegates and “approximately an equal number […]
Cross Niagara v. Cross & Resurrection
“Jesus invites each of us to climb on his shoulders so he can carry us from sinfulness to God’s eternal grace. It is by faith that each of us chooses whether to climb on Jesus’ shoulders and let him take us there,” writes an ELCA pastor in The Lutheran (March 2010, p.3). This article is […]
Strommen on same-sex behaviors
“It is not judgmental to identify smoking tobacco as harmful. We agree it is not judgmental but loving to encourage people to stop smoking,” writes Merton Strommen. To see how this applies to same-sex behaviors, read here.