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'The communion of the queer-making Spirit be with you all' says ELCA transgender pastor

12/6/2021

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

In the below worship service led by a transgender pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, this man who presents himself as woman says "The grace of Jesus the Christ, the love of God the Creator, and the communion of the queer-making Spirit be with you all."

The creed in this service states "I believe in Jesus Christ, Sophia, the Word". "Sophia" is a feminine image for God that feminists use to worship the "Divine Feminine." Along the same line, God is referred to in the service as "The Divine Seamstress".

This is the strange new world of the ELCA. One cannot say that the extremes of the below service are not shared by the ELCA's national leadership. ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has made two gay pride videos and at the ELCA's Youth Gathering an 11-year-old boy who thinks he is a girl was put on stage to promote transgenderism to 31,000 Lutheran teens. At the installation of the ELCA's first transgender bishop, Bishop Eaton prayed to God as "Parent, Child and Holy Breath" and as "Rain, Estuary, and Sea".

I hear from people periodically who say they stay in their ELCA congregation because they have been members so long and they would have to leave their friends. But sometimes Jesus says to leave and "shake the dust off your feet". I believe that time is now for Bible-believing Christians who are still in the ELCA and supporting it with their offering dollars and their presence. Our first allegiance is to Jesus, not to our friends nor to our denomination.

Sincerely in Christ,

Pastor Tom Brock


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Didaskalos link
12/6/2021 08:23:42 pm

"...whenever a person turns [in repentance and faith] to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom]." [2 Cor. 3:"16-17 AMPL]

Unlike the pagan "deities" the ELCA has invented, whose only functions are to affirm every debauched practice ELCA leaders peddle, the real Jesus and the real Holy Spirit are bringing about true freedom from sin's bondage.

Janet Boynes [ https://www.janetboynesministries.com/ ] is one who was freed, and she's now assisting others to break the chains of sexual enslavement.

'It's a Process': One Woman's Story of Coming Out of a Lesbian and Transgender Lifestyle

-- https://stream.org/its-a-process-one-womans-story-of-coming-out-of-a-lesbian-and-transgender-lifestyle/

. . . The most important part of Janet’s journey has been her relationship with Christ. “I don’t know where I would be without my faith and my Christian friends … [I]t’s because of the word of God that I’m able to read on a regular basis and pray and have people praying for me. I believe that’s what got me to where I’m at today, 20 years later.

“I just believe that it’s a process and we have to be patient with those that are struggling in this particular area. But they, too, can find freedom, I believe through the power of Jesus Christ, and a great community of people.”

What the Church Can Do

The church must address the issue of homosexuality and transgenderism from the pulpit. “And so, I think it’s important that the church stop allowing people to suffer in silence, and let’s address this because we have now a 60% increase in Gen Zs that are walking away from their faith or walking away period into that life because the world has a louder voice than we do. So, we have to get better.”

A large church recently brought in a speaker to share his story. “He encouraged people. He shared his story and people might’ve been set free by that. Well, we can do the same thing. We can share our stories. And then those people that are suffering in silence can come to a place that they can feel like, ‘Oh my gosh, there are people that are free out there. … If God can do it for Janet or if God can do it for all these other people, He can do it for me.'”

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Born Again
12/7/2021 12:16:34 pm

This site does a tremendous job exposing the most egregious of ELCA blasphemies against the Lord and Christianity as a whole. So many of these pastors and bishops are completely unhinged and off their rockers.

Also, be aware of those ELCA churches that are more subtle. Maybe they are not located in a highly liberal area,but have a mix of parishioners. Their heresies are more subtle.

I attended a funeral of a Lutheran relative and took note of the subtle transgenderism as the pastor went on and on about God this, God that. It was sad and comical as he did everything he could not to say 'Him' or 'the Father' (if it was good enough for Jesus to say it, it is good enough for me!).

I became quite upset as I watched these verbal gymnastics to be woke take place as it seemed as if the pastor was more focused on being woke than honoring the memory of the individual he was trying to eulogize!!! Pathetic.

Or these pastors that will not acknowledge we are in a battle with evil right now that could take down the world's last great hope for freedom. American Marxism is on the move like never before in this country. These pastors who consider both the Marxists and Patriots as on the same level and tell us not to push back against this tyranny are doing this country a great disservice.

What if there were pastors during Civil War times that said slavery and freedom were on equal footing so just stop the fighting??

I pray for a peaceful end to this tyranny, and tyranny can sometimes end without a shot being fired, but as Lincoln and before him George Washington knew, that is not always the case.

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Born Again
12/8/2021 07:58:50 am

If you are in a situation where your family insists on ELCA Lutheranism, there are alternative options online for you. But don't be deceived, there are charlatans and hucksters there as well. I have learned my lesson and been duped in the past, but God has provided me the discernment and experience to sort them out. It is a process of growth from mistakes.

One Bible-believing pastor that I have grown to trust and truly appreciate is Pastor Allen Jackson from the Nashville area. (if any of you live there, highly recommended you make the change now) He has a mobile app that contains all of his sermons and other resources to walk you thru your faith journey.

He believes what is happening in this country right now is very bad and could get worse, but he is not 100% convinced it is the end times. He says it also could be a shaking that this country & world is going through as it has turned its back on Him with things like abortion and immorality. But whether it is the end times or not, we must grow our Faith and walk with the Lord daily, draw close to Him. As with the 5 wise virgins in the Bible, we must be ready at any time for His coming and have our lamps ready.

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Didaskalos
12/9/2021 10:08:48 am

Amen. Don’t put up with the clerical charlatans and hucksters when real shepherds are so accessible.

A contemporary biblical shepherd: David Guzik (“The devil doesn’t care at all if you know Jesus or love Jesus or pray to Jesus – as long as it is a false Jesus, a make-believe Jesus, a Jesus who is not there, and who therefore cannot save.“)
— https://enduringword.com/ [free online]

A biblical shepherd of yesteryear: Charles Spurgeon ( “If any of you, my hearers, are seeking the Lord at this time, I want you to understand what it means: you are seeking a fire which will test you, and consume much which has been dear to you. We are not to expect Christ to come and save us in our sins, he will come and save us from our sins; therefore, if you are enabled by faith to take Christ as a Savior, remember that you take him as the purger and the purifier, for it is from sin that he saves us.” )
— https://www.amazon.com/Spurgeons-Commentary-Bible-Commentaries-ebook/dp/B01CZ4LMP0 [$1.50 on Kindle]


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