Choosing Liberal Politics Over the Salvation of Souls

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

Head bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was asked by a Chicago newspaper about Hell and she said "There may be a Hell, but I think it is empty." This is an old heresy called universalism, the teaching that all people will be saved, whether they believe in Jesus or not, which is a flat contradiction of Scriptures (John 14:6, Acts 4:12, 16:31). Bishop Eaton has also been quoted to say that saving souls is not the business of the Church, that's God's job.

So if saving souls is not the business of the Church, what is? It appears the answer is "liberal politics". If one goes to elca.org and looks through their news items, it is filled with political stands, along with some religious news. Here is the present list of news articles from the ELCA website:

ELCA presiding bishop issues statement on Dreamers
02/09/2018

ELCA presiding bishop to participate in rally to end racism
02/06/2018

‘Set Free By Truth’ Lent devotions offered by four church leaders
02/05/2018

ELCA Presiding Bishop responds to reported racist comments
01/12/2018

A Christmas message from the ELCA presiding bishop
12/14/2017

ELCA presiding bishop responds to decision to move U.S. Embassy in Israel
12/06/2017

It appears that, if everyone is going to heaven, the ELCA must find other ways to spend peoples' offering dollars and it has chosen politics. Of course we should all be against racism, but that is not the Gospel. The Gospel is the Good News that Jesus died and rose again to save sinners from Hell. And yes, according to Jesus, there is a Hell. And yes, according to Jesus, the Church should be all about saving souls (Matthew 28:19).

In Jesus our Savior,

Pastor Tom Brock