_The ELCA leadership is notorious for questioning scripture.  They love to introduce doubt into lay persons’ and seminary students’ minds.  Doubt about the truth of scripture.  They did this when the ELCA website openly questioned the virgin birth. (read here) Similarly, they encourage questioning key areas of orthodoxy in regard to sin, salvation, creation, hell, factual events in scripture and the inerrancy of scripture, to name a few. (just look around this website)  Consider the following as further shocking evidence of one key ELCA leader’s thoughts in regard to hell.  (also notice the tone of universalism in what he says)
 
Bishop Peter Rogness of the Saint Paul Area Synod had this to say:

“I’ve never been much concerned about hell, I guess.”

“I think the ministries that emphasize the reality of hell are also prone to a heavy dose of self-righteousness. . .”

“While the Bible has several intriguing (and varying) references to hell, clearly the God we meet in Jesus Christ is a God who meets us in love and grace and forgiveness and acceptance . . .”

Please go back and read your Bible a little more diligently, Bishop Rogness.  Jesus spoke about hell more than anyone else in scripture.  If hell is an important enough topic for our Lord and Savior to warn people about, maybe you should too.

Bishop Rogness also said, “I think we have to conclude that whether there is a hell or not is ultimately not going to make or break our faith.”  (see here)

This is a perfect example of the ELCA leadership’s view of scripture.  If there is something in scripture that the "intellectual" elites do not like, they question it or discard it.  

Bishop Rogness, the book of Revelation has a lot to say about the realities of hell.  Revelation also says, “And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.” - Revelation 22:19
 


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James Young link
01/27/2012 2:36pm

I suspect that such a [mis]leader will learn more about Hell on an intimate basis than he thinks.

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