My radically pro-abortion former denomination

12/23/2021

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

Years ago I graduated from Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. When I attended it was moderate to liberal, today is radical with transgender and lesbian speakers and prayers to God the “Mother.”

Now and then I drive through Luther’s parking lot to see the awful bumper stickers on students’ cars. Below is one. This person fits right in with the ELCA, which pays for abortion for any reason whatsoever in its healthcare plan, a plan funded by offering dollars. That’s right, your offering dollars at work in the ELCA, paying for abortion for pastors and their families. Way back in 1997 some of us tried at a church convention to put restrictions on abortion payments, but we failed. I left that convention hall and literally shook the dust off my feet, and later led my congregation out of the ELCA to join a more biblical branch of Lutheranism.

In Jesus our Savior,

Pastor Tom Brock

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Didaskalos link

12/22/2021 05:56:36 am

** Unlike the ELCA, confessional Lutherans oppose the murder of God's preborn creations.
President Matthew Harrison of the LCMS wrote: "Our conscience is bound by both the Word of God and reason to speak for life as a precious gift of God and to speak against any and all who promote the killing of unborn children. We cannot hide the evil of these laws under the banner of “rights” or “privilege.” Children’s lives are at stake. They cannot speak for themselves. We will speak for them, and we will work to protect their lives."
-- https://blogs.lcms.org/2019/lcms-presidents-statement-regarding-gubernatorial-actions-expanding-abortion-in-new-york-and-illinois/

** As he does on virtually every issue of Christian faith and ethics, Martin Luther again rebukes the cold-blooded, conscience-seared ELCA:

'How Luther Nailed It on Life Issues'
-- https://www.lutheransforlife.org/article/how-luther-nailed-it-on-life-issues/

"For no one of those who are alive today knows where he was during the first two years, when he lived either in the womb … Yet he lived at that time, and he was a body joined to a soul—a body adapted to all natural functions. (LW 8:316)

"Luther derived this truth directly from God’s Word. He observed how Holy Scripture testified about the prenatal humanity of Jesus and John the Baptist. “Moreover, when Christ, the Son of God, was to be conceived in his mother’s womb and become incarnate, he certainly had to be already present in essence and in person in the Virgin’s womb, and had to assume humanity there” (LW 37:62). “And St. John was a child in his mother’s womb [Luke 1:41] but, as I believe, could have faith” (LW 40:242).

"So Luther called abortion a sinful offense against the tiniest neighbors. “For those who pay no attention to pregnant women and do not spare the tender fetus become murderers” (LW 5:382). . . . In fact, Luther labels such acts the devil’s works: “Hourly the devil seeks to destroy us all. No sooner are you baptized than the devil lies in wait for you. If possible, he would kill you in your mother’s womb” (LW 23:256).

** For the remnant of ELCA pastors who still have functioning consciences and the courage to publicly take God's side against their enablers-of-sin-and-death denomination:

'What Every Pastor Can Do to Prevent Abortions in Their Congregation (pt 3)'
"I want to say that you can do both. You can uphold a sexual ethic and avoid condoning sin, AND you can celebrate unborn life at the same time, which will literally save lives in the process."
-- https://www.care-net.org/abundant-life-blog/what-every-pastor-can-do-to-prevent-abortions-in-their-congregation-pt-3

Another Reader

12/22/2021 04:15:30 pm

We are still "officially" on the roster of the local ELCA church but quit contributing a year ago & also have been seeking other churches to attend. We have been attending a non ELCA Lutheran church this fall & it really has much more "life" without the continuous repetitious parts of the service. No sense supporting synod bishops when there are other organizations that do a much better job of helping people in their needs. The abortion issue is just one of the things we do not support in the ELCA which they like to call "health care". Time to "shake off the dust & move on" even though it can be hard to leave your church friends.

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