Daily Counter Boasts on How Long Their ELCA Church Has Not Used Male Pronouns for God in Worship

3/30/2023

Mount Olive Lutheran Church is an ELCA church in Rochester, MN. On their "outreach community" website they have a running timer that boasts, "We have succeeded in not using male pronouns for God in worship for: 654 days".

See here.

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4/1/2023 01:26:38 pm

God the Father's pronouns are unequivocally -- i.e., Biblically -- He, Him, and His. No less a divine, absolute authority than His Son Jesus testifies to the Father's pronouns: "You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word." [John 8:55]

But the First Solipsistic Church of the Divinely Exalted Me (erstwhile ELCA) would never dream of forfeiting the world's flattery by heeding the Bible and its Author.

'God’s Preferred Pronouns'
-- https://stream.org/gods-preferred-pronouns/

[...] God has already revealed his pronouns in the Bible, and they are he/him. In one sense, there’s no need to debate this question since God has already decreed his decision. Remember, the Bible is God-breathed (2 Tim. 3:16). That means the Holy Spirit inspired the biblical authors to write the words of Scripture, and that includes the singular, masculine pronouns he chose for himself.

From the get-go of creation, Scripture says, “God created man in HIS own image, in the image of God HE created him; male and female HE created them” (emphasis mine). The Old Testament continues to use singular, masculine pronouns and also describes God as “Father” (Deut. 32:6), “husband” (Isa. 54:5), and “King” (Isa. 44:6). All these terms presuppose a masculine, singular reference that justifies a corresponding pronoun.

[...]The New Testament provides additional support for the usage of singular, masculine pronouns. For example, the Greek word Theos — translated “God” — is used 1,315 times and is distinctly singular and masculine.

All throughout the Old Testament, God is remote, hidden, and only reveals himself on rare occasions. But when the New Testament era begins, God initiates a remarkable, history-altering event: He reveals himself by entering humanity and taking on the creaturely nature of a man (Phil. 2:6–8). The incarnation is the expression of God himself in bodily form: Jesus, a distinctly male person. Scripture calls Jesus “Immanuel,” God with us (Matt. 1:23). He represents what God is like to the world. Colossians 2:9 tells us that in Jesus, “all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form.” The bottom line is that Scripture repeatedly refers to God in a singular, masculine way.

Not only was Jesus God in bodily from, but he also spoke authoritatively about how we can better understand God. Jesus routinely referred to God as “Father” (e.g., “I and the Father are one” — John 10:30). When he taught us to pray, Jesus told us to call God “Father” (Matt. 6:9) and personally referred to him as “Abba, Father” (Mk. 14:36), further justifying the use of singular and masculine pronouns.

The biblical data overwhelming supports the position that God wants us to refer to him with a singular, masculine pronoun. Since that’s how God has chosen to reveal himself, we should honor him by using the pronouns used in Scripture.

Born again

4/4/2023 11:11:00 am

There are several fronts on this evil Marxist war against America to destabilize things and prime it for Chinese takeover. On the government front, it is the Democrat Party and several Republicans working to implement Marxism. I could go on and on about their allies in the media, big tech, education, pharma. On the faith-based front are operatives like the ELCA working to destabilize the Christian faith. God just laughs. We all know who wins in the end. Stay faithful, stay grounded, things could get rough. But those who remain in faith win the ultimate prize of eternal life with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Rebecc

4/5/2023 10:10:39 am

Thank you, born again, for your words "God just laughs. "
Recently it has been a struggle for me to not feel angry at the people who are tearing everything good down and raising up evil.
I have children grandchildren and great grandchildren and I certainly don't want evil governments for them.
Reading the words God just laughs, I know that it's true and it has helped me get a better perspective this morning.
I still know many people in ELCA churches and it breaks my heart.

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