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Why Not to Send Your Child to an ELCA Lutheran College

4/29/2016

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(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org.  You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and twitter - here.)

Today I took a sad walk through Gustavus Adolphus College, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I saw a number of these posters (see picture) announcing a performance by a lesbian comedian who describes herself as "an out performer for over 33 years who is made of her life's work to change people's perception of butch, queer and LGBT… ". One of the sponsors of the event is the chaplain's office at Gustavus Adolphus.
 
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Next I went to the Religion Department to see what was on the doors of the religion professors. I don't remember seeing any Christian symbols, but a Hindu mandala was on the wall. One professor's door had a poster stating that we should ask a person what pronoun they want us to use for them, since this is a way of honoring a person's chosen gender identity.
 
Lastly I went to the large, beautiful chapel at Gustavus and upon entering saw a large banner with rainbow colors stating "However you are, you are welcome here."
 
I got to thinking: Would they welcome someone like me? I struggle with same-sex attraction but say "No" to that behavior because I believe it is a sin. I have never seen a poster up at Gustavus even hinting at the traditional, Biblical view of sexuality. I wonder how long a poster would stay up that says something like "We believe homosexual behavior is contrary to God's Word." I wonder if the administration or the chaplain's office would allow it to go up in the first place, or if it would be considered hate speech.
 
And if you want to get a real eyeful, go to YouTube and type in "Gustavus Adolphus Freshman Orientation" and you will see two vile sex skits to which freshman were subjected to get them to embrace all kinds of "sexualities".
 
So before you spend multiple thousands to send your child to Gustavus or St. Olaf or Augsburg or Wartburg or Luther or Concordia Moorhead colleges thinking they are Christian schools, take a careful look. You may be grieved at what you find.
 
In Jesus our Savior,
 
Pastor Tom Brock
Pastorsstudy.org

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An update on the lesbian comedian at Gustavus Adolphus…

I had never heard of Lea DeLaria before, so I went to YouTube and listened to a snippet of her comedy routine. The profanity was troubling. Then I noticed, her performance will take place inside the large Christ Chapel at Gustavus. I wonder what the founders of this Lutheran college would think of such a performance at Christ Chapel.

Pastor Tom Brock



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ELCA Leader Says Jesus was "Intersex"

4/25/2016

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Clint Schnekloth is an ELCA pastor, author, writer and speaker who is well-known within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He controls at least two ELCA Facebook pages which reach thousands of people, and he wields a great deal of power and influence by dictating who is allowed to post and what kind of comments will be allowed on his ELCA pages. Not only does he have the respect of fellow ELCA leaders and members because of that power, but Pastor Schnekloth's influence reaches much farther. He “...write(s) content for a worship resource published by Augsburg Fortress. It's called Sundays & Seasons...” (see here)

Now that you know a little about ELCA pastor Schnekloth, take a look at the vile, non-Biblical and sacrilegious comment he made about Jesus, the Son of God:
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Pastor Schnekoth believes Jesus was intersex? What?!?! This is the definition of intersex: "An individual having reproductive organs or external sexual characteristics of both male and female."


It is disgusting that a man with this kind of power and influence within the ELCA is telling people that Jesus was intersex, a hermaphrodite. What kind of spirit is at work in someone who thinks like this?

The ELCA has turned the Bible into an arbitrary reference guide that has no authority. It tells them about Jesus, but it isn't good for much more than that. Because of their view of God's Word, they can ignore plain teaching, such as "She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21) and make things up to fit their twisted worldview. It is demonic. 

God will not be mocked. Please share the truth of what is going on with your ELCA friends and family. 

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Here are some more Exposed blogs about the teachings, sayings and ways of ELCA Rev. Clint Schnekloth:


  • ELCA Church Has Study on Merits of Transgenderism 

  • High Profile ELCA Pastor Believes Jesus, if not Single, Was In a Sexual Relationship With a Man

  • ELCA Goddess Worshiping Church 

  • I Am 'Hate-Filled' Because I Preach Repentance 


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Is Jesus All About "Radical Inclusivity" and "Extravagant Welcome?"

4/19/2016

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(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org.  You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and twitter - here.)

​Those two phrases are used by some congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to show that they are pro-homosexual and pro-transgender. Salem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis is not far from where I live, but I can tell from its website that it is a church I could never attend. Some excerpts:
 
"We welcome all because God welcomes all, regardless of age, race or culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, or relationship status.... We see God reflected in the faces around us and we are an RIC congregation (Reconciling in Christ). (Note: RIC is a church that blesses homosexual behavior).
 
Everything about Salem centers around the same hospitality that Jesus practiced-- one of radical inclusion and extravagantly expressed love. For many of us, our core beliefs are also expressed via the eight points of progressive Christianity. By calling ourselves progressive Christians, we mean we are Christians who take the bible seriously but not literally. As sacred text it guides and informs our lives. These, combined with our confession of a triune God (Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit), make us uniquely Lutheran and uniquely Salem."
 
A few thoughts.
 
Is Jesus "radically inclusive" and "extravagantly welcoming?" Jesus says to certain people on the Last Day "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the lake of eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels... (Matthew 25:41)". That is not "radical welcome". Jesus also tells the Church to exclude those who refuse to repent of sin (Matthew 18:17). Again, no "extravagant inclusivity" here.
 
Salem Lutheran claims to take the Bible "seriously, but not literally". But notice, Salem's website calls the Trinity "Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit", whereas Jesus referred to the "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). My guess is that Salem changed the names of the Trinity to get rid of masculine pronouns for God. Tampering with the Bible's language for God is not "taking the Bible seriously."
 
Certainly, it is wonderfully true that Jesus welcomes all kinds of sinners, but to what does he welcome them? He welcomes us to a life of repentance from sin and faith toward Him. He does not welcome us to continue down a path that hurts us and dishonors Him.
 
In Jesus our Savior,
 
Pastor Tom Brock
Pastorsstudy.org



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Bible Poll Results

4/19/2016

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Exposing the ELCA recently asked its readers to complete the following sentence by choosing between three options. 

​The Bible -

a) is the Word of God
b) contains the Word of God    
c) is not the Word of God  
 
Here are the results:


73.29%  (214 votes) said a) is the Word of God 

24.66%  (72 votes) said b) contains the Word of God     

2.05%  (6 votes) said c) is not the Word of God  

Total Votes: 292
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Bowling for Abortions

4/14/2016

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​It is well known and documented that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is pro-abortion. (see here and scroll down here for that information), but when you see an ELCA pastor outright promoting abortion, it is still startling for most God-fearing believers. 

Rev. Peder Hinderlie, an ELCA pastor in Milnor, North Dakota, proudly posted his donation to fund abortions on his Facebook page:


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​And there is more to this story. As you might have been able to deduct, the woman who is raising money for this cause is Pastor Hinderlie's wife.  Not only is she raising money to help pay for abortions, she also works at the abortion-providing Red River Women's Clinic as a Patient Educator/Advocate.

Here is the fundraising page the ELCA pastor's wife made: 

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Abortion is evil. And here we have an ELCA pastor and his wife working to see more unborn children be aborted. 

Below is a related post from Pastor Hinderlie's wife shouting her support for Planned Parenthood and gay pride.
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Many Young ELCA Leaders Post Support for Polyamorous Relationships

4/10/2016

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It has been reported from multiple ELCA pastors (liberal and conservative) that there has been a discussion concerning polyamorous relationships on an ELCA Facebook group. The first person to report about this Facebook discussion did so in the ELCA Clergy, Uncensored FB page (link to this closed group here) and said:

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This is what the referenced original polyamorous post said:

"I'm gonna throw this out there... And no, this isn't an April Fools joke...
 
Do you think there'll be a time when the ELCA supports polyamorous relationships? Not that I have one or will ever have one... Some people do, and honestly, I think it's great. People make it work.

I'm just asking because it's a common refrain when talking about same-sex relationships with people who oppose it, that they say we should accept polygamy as well... Which... Again... I'm okay with..."

Polyamorous defined as "more than two people in a mutually defined sexual relationship."


According to a couple ELCA pastors many in the group have been supportive of polyamorus relationships and some have not.

You should ask yourself what kind of Christ following denomination has pastors arguing for two, three, four, five + person marriages and sexual relationships? What kind of denomination graduates and ordains people who so blatantly reject the Word of God believing sinful behavior is good? 


Pastors are suppose to be beacons of light for Christ. Instead many are a leading people down the highway to hell.
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Below is a picture of the ELCA group where the discussion took place. Note that it is comprised of 20 to 30 something year old ELCA rostered leaders and seminarians.
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ELCA Pastor Preaches 'The Queering of Christ the King'

4/4/2016

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(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org.  You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and twitter - here.)

Heidi Neumark is pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  A few years ago she preached a sermon “The Queering of Christ the King” on Christ the King Sunday.  Here are some excerpts from one of the most bizarre and unbiblical sermons I have read:
 
…People who have no trouble viewing an image of Christ on the cross wearing a crown can become very upset at an image of Christ covered in the lesions of Kaposi’s sarcoma or Christ as a woman on a cross, sometimes called Christa. I would say that such images are faithful, visual representations of today’s gospel where Christ the king says, “what do you mean you didn’t see me? I was hungry, I was sick…” In picturing God, the church has, for the most part, taken the image of king and discarded the rest. Making God over in our worldly image of power, God as a white man in a crown on a throne.….when I said last year that…perhaps we should celebrate Christ the Queen Sunday instead of Christ the King Sunday, I got some pushback.
 
One person suggested it was not Biblical. Where does the Bible suggest that Jesus was a Drag Queen? Point taken. But stay with me for a minute. I realize that the whole Drag Queen culture is offensive to many feminists because men dress up as an exaggeration of an oppressive idea of what a woman should be… a woman with big boobs, in a tight sparkly dress and 7 inch heels…Drag artists work hard to shake it up. To do gender-bending things. And so did Jesus. Jesus himself often said and did shocking things on purpose because people needed to be shaken out of stereotypes…King? Queen? What gender is the body of Christ? What gender is the church? None. And all. It doesn’t matter. Queer theology and our baptismal theology have a lot in common. Queer theology moves beyond the imposition of restrictive labels—gay, straight, intersex, androgynous, L G B T and so does Jesus. Jesus was about building a different community…
(see here)
 
Please say a prayer for Pastor Heidi and her church.  To say that Jesus as the woman “Christa” on the cross is a faithful image and to compare what Jesus did to what drag queens do is unfaithful, unbiblical and tragic.  Much of this started back in the 1993 when 2200 feminists from around the world held the “Reimagining God” Conference in Minneapolis.  The Conference insisted that we need to move beyond traditional “God the Father” language and imagine new images for God, like the goddess Sophia.
 
The above sermon is what happens when people refuse to submit to the Scriptural language for God and feel free to invent their own images.   
 
Christians, may we ever worship the one true God:  Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
 
In Christ our King,

Pastor Tom Brock
pastorsstudy.org
 

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