Celebrating “fabulous” Lutheran gay bishops

11/11/2024

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

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America now has seven practicing homosexual bishops. Below you will see a Pennsylvania homosexual bishop is flying off to help install another homosexual bishop in Massachusetts. And the gay bishop says this is going to make the ELCA “very fabulous”. The ELCA also had the world’s first transgender bishop, but “they” had to step down over alleged racism.

At my house tonight, we had a prayer meeting and we prayed for the ELCA. But I made the point that I see absolutely no sign that this denomination is turning around. Yes, God can do anything and He can turn this denomination around, but for decades it just keeps getting worse. I told the prayer group that my belief is that God will continue to let the ELCA go its own way and we will see biblical churches grow and evil churches shrink into oblivion.

In Christ,

Pastor Tom Brock

7 Comments

William E Stevenson Jr

11/11/2024 01:14:24 pm

The Gay Bishop states that Installation will make the ELCA “ very fabulous”. I say he Misspelled the scond word of his remarks, the correct spelling for said should be “Apostate”. Leviticus 18:22 & 20:13. The saddest oart of his statements is that he is, owing to his position in the Synod, is that he knows full well these Chapters & Verses & knows better his Sinful Deeds, & beliefs. God knows his actions, & he, the Bishop, will have to face The Lords Justice for those said Actions one day, as we all will.

Sasha William Kwapinski

11/11/2024 03:13:33 pm

Maybe God's way of turning the ELCA around is just for people to keep on leaving it.

Didaskalos link

11/11/2024 05:57:17 pm

Translating ELCAspeak "fabulous": loved by the world, reproved by the Bible and Martin Luther

Martin Luther on Gal. 5:16 — “Persisting in sin is disastrous...Those who obey the sinful nature and continue to gratify its desires should know that they don’t belong to Christ. Even though people may label themselves with the name ‘Christian,’ they are only deceiving themselves.” (LW, 27:80)

‘Coming Out of the Closet on Homosexuality,
— https://www.livingwaters.com/coming-out-of-the-closet-on-homosexuality/

“...Ninety percent of gay men surveyed by The Advocate (a gay magazine) claimed to have been born gay. And it’s true—homosexuals *are* born that way. We are all born with a sinful nature. We all naturally lean toward sin. The Bible tells us, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” (Jeremiah 17:9). According to the Bible, homosexuality is just one sin among many that people gravitate toward.

"Some struggle with lying, gossip, jealousy, stealing, adultery, lust, or fornication, and others struggle with homosexuality. Just because a guy struggles with same-sex desire doesn’t mean God made him gay, any more than a guy struggling with anger means God made him a murderer. You have a choice about what you do with every temptation. You may not choose homosexual desires, but you do choose what you do with them."

“. . . The opposite of homosexuality is not heterosexuality—it’s obedience. When you turn from homosexuality in repentance, you are turning to God. You’re doing what He says. Remember, homosexual temptation isn’t sin, but embracing those thoughts and acting on them is. It’s the same with any lust. Jesus said if we have lust in our hearts, we are committing adultery as far as God is concerned (see Matthew 5:27,28).

“You can’t take the sin of homosexuality—or any other sin—lightly, because God doesn’t. It’s impossible to take the narrow and the wide path at the same time. God is kind and He will help you out of this sin, but you have to be serious about wanting to follow Him.”

Snuggarunt

11/12/2024 07:00:59 am

For those who remain in the ELCA, it is rather easy to worship God when things appear to be going "fabulous"! But what about when things don't seem so "fabulous"?

I am reminded of Luther's statement, "When things go our way, we
'Praise the Lord,' but when things don't go our way, we withhold our praise. . .and it is in this way we convict ourselves. . . we follow a God of our own making."

Rebecca

11/12/2024 10:59:52 am

All I can say is may God have mercy on their souls.

Ronda

11/13/2024 06:04:09 pm

That's more than 10% of the bishops.

A column reader

11/17/2024 07:19:26 am

With the continued membership shrinking of the ELCA synod, less bishops should be be needed and administrative costs would be reduced. Until more budget cuts are required, the synod may not be ready to do what is really needed!

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