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Facebook censors ExposingtheELCA.com

8/31/2020

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10 days ago I attempted to post an article on Facebook from my website ExposingtheELCA.com.  It is something I've been doing for over 10 years.  But this time I received the following message: 
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Now, any link from ExposingtheELCA.com can not be posted or shared on Facebook. The statement Facebook displayed says that "other people on Facebook" have reported the content of my website as "abusive."  

This, of course, is not true.  One can disagree on issues, behavior, actions, etc. and not hate someone. Nothing on my website is "abusive." This is an attack by those that do not like the ministry of Exposing the ELCA.

So as of now, and likely forever, Facebook is preventing anyone from sharing any story or any link that comes from ExposingtheELCA.com.


It is sad to see Biblical principals being censored and banned by American companies.
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Tornado-damaged ELCA church says "Jesus makes mistakes...isn't very nice...repents and apologizes...He screwed up"

8/24/2020

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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.)

Perhaps you heard the story of the 2009 Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at which a tornado struck the Assembly as they voted to ordain practicing homosexuals (by 66.6 percent). Many saw it as a sign of God's displeasure on the ELCA.

​Across the street from the Minneapolis Convention Center is the historic Central Lutheran Church which hosted the gay lobby back in 2009. Beer tents were set up on the lawn of Central Lutheran to serve convention-goers and the tornado not only tore up the beer tents but also tore down the large iron cross from the steeple of Central Lutheran. The cross hung upside down for months while it was being repaired.

Fast forward to today. Below at minute 8:38 and again at minute 21:16 you will hear one of Central Lutheran's pastors teach that Jesus made mistakes and had to "come to His senses". The pastor even says that Jesus "repents and apologizes" (minute 22:52). She repeats (minute 24:38) that "Jesus sees what He has done is wrong, says He is sorry". She says Jesus "screwed up" (minute 28:51). None of that, of course, is in Matthew 15:21-28. Commentators believe Jesus was challenging the syrophoenician woman to press on in her faith, not sinning against her. The rest of the sermon mentions eunuchs and sexual minorities (Central is very pro-LGBT).

The tragedy of Central Lutheran's teaching is that it gets rid of the atonement. Christ was sinless, therefore He could pay for the sins of others. But if Jesus sinned, He would have had to pay for His own sins and could not pay for ours. But, sadly, some liberal Protestants no longer believe in Christ's substitutionary atonement. They believe for God the Father to punish His Son for our sins would amount to "divine child abuse." In their view, substitutionary atonement never needed to take place to begin with because God is a God of love, not of wrath. So Jesus didn't need to be sinless.

But the Bible teaches Jesus was sinless (Hebrews 4:15, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:22). The Bible teaches that Jesus saves us from the wrath of God (Romans 5:9, I Thessalonians 1:10) and that He made atonement for our sins. In fact, the Apostle Paul teaches that one must believe that Christ died for our sins in order to be saved, since it is a matter of "first importance" (I Corinthians 15:1-4).

What a tragic day in which we live when clergy deny Christ's sinlessness and His atoning sacrifice. May the Lord save His Church from such "pastors."

In Jesus our Savior,

Pastor Tom Brock

PS I can't help but think of the hymn Luther wrote in 1542:
"Lord, keep us steadfast in your Word;
curb those who by deceit or sword
would wrest the kingdom from your Son
and bring to naught all he has done.
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ELCA Magazine Article Says that 2009 Decision to Ordain Practicing Homosexuals was “A Moment of Pure Grace”

8/19/2020

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


In 2009, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to ordain practicing homosexuals, thus violating Scripture and causing the largest church split in American history. Countless people have left this denomination, along with their offerings, and the denomination continues to decline.

​At its recent churchwide assembly, the ELCA voted to celebrate and affirm its 2009 decision, in spite of having to close and merge seminaries because of the financial crisis. The below link is an article from the ELCA’s national magazine in which a lesbian pastor rejoices that the ELCA decided to ordain her.  The vote “was a moment of pure gospel”.  (See link at the bottom of this article)
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Rev. Tom Brock
God Himself and His Word are opposed to what the ELCA is doing.  The ELCA churchwide assembly even voted down a delegate-by 97%- who tried to affirm that Jesus is the only way of salvation (John 14:6).  

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man shows that also he shall reap” (Galatians 6:7).

In Jesus our Savior,

Pastor Tom Brock


https://www.livinglutheran.org/2019/08/perspective-scraped-floors-open-doors/


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ELCA Bishop Explains What the ELCA is About

8/17/2020

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Kristen Kuempel is the Bishop of the Northwest  Intermountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In a Twitter exposition Bishop Kuempel explains what the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is about, saying, "There is a church in America working to address poverty, racism, systemic racism, reproductive health, full-inclusion of LGBTQIA+, hunger, & more."

In subsequent tweets Bishop Kuempel uses the F word and mentions Franklin Graham saying "I rebuke him."

It is truly scary to see what kind of people the ELCA is elevating into highest echelon of leadership.  (read more about ELCA Bishop Kristen Kuempel here) 

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There is a church in America working to address poverty, racism, systemic racism, reproductive health, full-inclusion of LGBTQIA+, hunger, & more.

— Kristen Kuempel (she/her/hers) (@kristen_kuempel) October 2, 2019
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ELCA advocacy claims "no political agenda" but lists people’s "preferred pronouns", including a woman who wants to be called "they/them"

8/13/2020

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(The following article is from Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)

Watch the video below to see where offering dollars go in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The video claims that ELCA advocacy does not push a political agenda, while pushing the LGBTQAI+ agenda to the hilt.

You may go to ELCA.org and view their press releases of liberal causes. As I said in an earlier post, the ELCA does not lean to the left, it falls over to the left. But, they say, they don't have a political agenda.

In Jesus our Savior,

Pastor Tom Brock

(See video here or below)


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LIRS Highlights Transgender and Queer Activists

8/10/2020

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Gay Pride month happens every June.  It is a time when you see people, businesses and organizations make statements and social media posts showing their support. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service was one organization which was fully invested in "celebrating" Gay Pride this June.  One Facebook post by the organization has a picture of a man dressed like a woman and an article honoring this "Transgender Activist & Immigrant." Another post by LIRS celebrates a "queer" undocumented artist. (See both below)

​Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) is a partner of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the ELCA financially support LIRS. 

It is time for Bible-believing ELCA Lutherans to stop putting up with the denomination's rebellion against God.  Stop being content and silent in your comfortable, "isolated" ELCA church.  The ELCA's heretical, faith-destroying beliefs are harming everyone who comes in contact with it.  Leading your church and/or your family out of ELCA is the God-honoring action Bible-believing Christians should take.  


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Desexing God language to worship God as "eagle, baker, hen"

8/6/2020

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(The following article is from Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)

He is risen! (Yes, I said “He”).


Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota is a congregation of the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This past summer the ELCA in convention voted to use more expansive language for God. This means, among other things, the ELCA desires to include more female imagery for God (God as “Mother”, etc).

But back in 2015, Pilgrim Lutheran was already doing this. See the below from their website on how strange things get when a congregation wants to abandon using exclusively “Father, Son, Holy Spirit“ language for God.

In Jesus our Savior,

Pastor Tom

From Pilgrim Lutheran’s website:

“Use language that is expansive in communicating the nature and activity of God. Consider using one or more of the following strategies:

Choose non-anthropomorphic language for God (examples: Eagle, baker, hen,bread), being careful not to limit these by following them with male or female pronouns.

Choose titles that suggest the activity of God but do not imply gender. (Examples: Advocate, Healer, Refuge, Sustainer, Creator)

Use second person language to speak to, instead of about, God.

Use similes

Replace pronouns with articles (for example, “God sent His Son” could be changed to “God sent The Son”)

Keep in mind that although Jesus was male, his humanity is more significant to our faith than his gender. Consider using terms like Christ, Teacher, Emmanuel, Savior, Redeemer, Word in addition to or as substitute for Lord or other exclusively male descriptors." (See here)

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ELCA Head Bishop Holds Hands with Nancy Pelosi and Homosexual Bishop

8/3/2020

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(The following article is from Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and Twitter - here.)

​Look at the picture below and you will see Elizabeth Eaton, head bishop of the liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, holding hands with pro-abortion rights Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on the right and homosexual ELCA Bishop Guy Erwin (who has a "husband") on the left. This is not surprising since Eaton has publicly defended abortion rights, transgenderism and homosexuality.

The below video claims that the ELCA is neither blue nor red politically, but look through the news releases at ELCA.org and you will get a different story. The ELCA doesn't lean to the left, it falls over to the left. Eaton publicly was thrilled by the recent Supreme Court decision affirming transgender rights and she did a video celebrating gay pride in June. In a press release some months ago Eaton reminded that the ELCA supports abortion rights when she thought some conservative states would make restrictions on abortion. The ELCA continues its practice of paying for abortion for any reason in the denomination's healthcare plan, which is funded by offering dollars. Yes, that is right, your ELCA offering dollars can go toward killing unborn children for any reason whatsoever.

Sincerely in Christ,

Pastor Tom Brock
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See video here.

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    Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.  
    ​1 Thessalonians 5:21

    Dan Skogen

    Former ELCA seminary student and former ELCA member who is fed up with the ELCA's consistent mockery of God's Word.


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