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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2009
From ELS’s Web site:
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) disagrees with the recent resolution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), which voted 55% on August 21, in favor of ordaining homosexuals in an “active” relationship. This press release may be used by ELS churches and pastors for submittal to their local newspapers.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2009
From WELS.net.:
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Aug. 21, 2009
Contact: Joel Hochmuth
Director of Communications
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
joel.hochmuth@wels.net
WELS president expresses regret at ELCA decision on gay clergy
Milwaukee, Wis.—Rev. Mark Schroeder, president of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), is expressing regret at the vote of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) convention regarding homosexual clergy. Friday, delegates approved a resolution [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2009
Successful Evangelical author Dr. John Piper is pastor for preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. From his Desiring God Web site:
I saw the fast-moving, misshapen, unusually-wide funnel over downtown Minneapolis from Seven Corners. I said to Kevin Dau, “That looks serious.”
It was. Serious in more ways than one. A friend who drove down to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2009
. . . even while his suits defend it in court. Enacted by Congress in 1996 during the Clinton administration, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has served as a bulwark at the federal level to protect states from recognizing non-heterosexual “marriages” performed in other states, while codifying into federal law the definition of marriage: [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2009
Here’s a statement from the president of the Lutheran Church-Canada, which is in fellowship with my denomination, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod:
AUGUST 21, 2009 – In Minneapolis this afternoon, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted a resolution to allow for the ordination of those in committed, monogamous, same-sex relationships. The vote was 559 in favour, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2009
While this opinion piece is really worth the entire read, I’ll skip to the end. From The Wall Street Journal:
Right now Mr. Obama’s gift is his curse, a Congress dominated by his party. While the country worries about the economy and two wars, the Democrats of Congress are preoccupied with the idea that this is [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.