ELCA Executive is Working on Liturgy Appropriate for Same-sex Marriage

3/21/2016

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

ReconcilingWorks, the group that advocates for homosexuality in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is pleased that the newsletter "ELCA Worship News" has announced this (quoting ReconcilingWorks' website here):

"The ELCA's Executive for Worship, the Rev. Kevin Strickland, is developing liturgical resources appropriate for same-gender couples to use within the marriage service of Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW). It’s anticipated that these resources will be available online later this year. ReconcilingWorks will share the link to these resources as soon as they become available."

This is a tragic betrayal by the ELCA of the God-ordained institution of marriage.

Pastor Tom Brock
Pastorsstudy.org

2 Comments

Didaskalos link

3/22/2016 01:24:10 pm

You're 0 for 2, ELCA.

Martin Luther condemned homosexual sex: http://apprising.org/2009/08/30/martin-luther-on-homosexuality/

And yes, ELCA, Jesus also condemned homosexual sex.

"The Little Jesus Who Would: Cutting Christ Down to One Size Fits Whatever We Want" --
http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=29-02-018-v

". . . In recent years it has become popular to say, "Jesus never said anything about homosexuality." Again, it is not the Jesus whose words and acts have been recorded for our learning, but the Jesus who would, of whom they speak.

"If they are to be given any excuse, it may be that English translations of Scripture can be unclear in places. For instance, the word "fornication" is used frequently in many English-language Bibles. Every time this word is used, it is with the strongest condemnation of sexual sin. This includes cases where Jesus utters the word himself (e.g., in Mark 7:20–23).

"In modern English, we think of "fornication" as meaning only heterosexual intercourse before or outside of marriage. But the Greek word used throughout the New Testament that is translated as "fornication" is porneia. (This is the root not only of the English word "fornication" but also "pornography.") It means any and every kind of sexual sin and also perversion, and thus refers not only to sexual relations outside of marriage, but also to adultery, homosexuality, pedophilia, bestiality, and so forth. [ Thayer's/Strong's Concordance -- porneia: http://www.studylight.org/lexicons/greek/gwview.cgi?n=4202 ]

"We know that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" (1 Tim. 1:15), not to affirm their sins. He ate and drank with sinners, to be sure, but not to join in their riotous living, but to call them to repentance (Luke 5:30–32). He came to save his people from—not in but from—their sins (Matt. 1:21).

"The word most often associated with the malleable Jesus, and the unholy spirit, is "love." Right after the Obergefell v. Hodges decision was announced, President Obama tweeted, "Love wins." This is a new gospel (again, in the words of St. Paul, "another gospel") of inclusion and affirmation. In this new gospel, of a malleable Jesus who would, the good news is that nothing is sin: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." Except for Christians, of course: anyone who believes in or preaches traditional Christian morality is guilty of the sin of hate."

Wendell Mason

3/26/2016 03:09:21 pm

A NEW MARRIAGE RITE

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to join together this man and this other man (this woman and this other woman) in same-sex matrimony, which is a newfangled estate, not instituted of God, without precedent in the laws of man, and of dubious legal significance apart from being a tax shelter.

(Celebrant): Do you both promise to be in love with each other until you are no longer in love, or until you seek a legal divorce?

(Couple): We do.

(Celebrant): Do you promise never to have children by each other, but only by someone outside of your marriage?

(Couple): We do.

(Celebrant): By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you person and make-believe spouse.

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