My Lutheran seminary sings Buddhist hymn about "being one"

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

​I graduated from Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, many years ago when it was still moderate to liberal. It has become radical. The seminary chapel brought in Native American “smudging”, the burning of herbs in order to drive away evil spirits and negative energy. Luther chapel brought in a transgender preacher to pray to “Our Mother in heaven”. A “womanist theologian” at chapel had all the students stand in a circle and imagine they were in the “pushy womb of God”. Luther Seminary chapel has observed National Coming Out Day for homosexuals and also the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Recently, Luther hired a “queer theologian” to be a professor at Luther.

So, sadly, it is not surprising that recently Luther Seminary sang a Buddhist hymn about being one with everything. This is pantheism, the Buddhist teaching that God is everything and everything is God. You are God, I am God, the leaves are God, the waves are God, the mountains are God. In contrast, Christian teaching is that God is transcendent, separate from and above His creation. As Jesus taught us, “Our Father art in heaven”.

Luther Seminary announced a few years ago that because of failing finances it would have to sell off a number of its campus buildings. It reminded me of Revelation 2:5 where Jesus says “I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.”

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Tom Brock

PS. Tap on the below and you will see Luther students singing the Buddhist hymn, followed by Buddhist worshipers doing the same

https://thedissenter.substack.com/p/lutheran-seminary-chapel-sings-buddhist
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