(The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook - here and twitter - here.) Grace Lutheran Church of Apple Valley, Minnesota, is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In the below sermon, Pastor Roske-Metcalfe preaches about a woman in her congregation who is now a "man" named Reggie. The pastor says this woman's "authentic self" is now as a male. The pastor goes on--and on and on--about how to refer to this person. Reggie does not want to be referred to as "she" or "he". Reggie wants to be referred to as "they" and "them." The ELCA voted in 2009 to ordain practicing homosexuals. They did not vote to ordain transgender pastors, but the ELCA leadership is doing it anyway. Prior to this sermon, the strangest--and saddest--sermon I had ever read was sent to me by a woman at an ELCA congregation in northern Minnesota. It was her pastor's "coming out" sermon in which he told the church how God had led him to his homosexual partner. But the below is even worse. Prepare for 12 minutes of the strangest sermon you will ever hear. Let us lovingly deal with people who experience gender confusion, life can really mess people up. But let us not add to their confusion by lying to them and telling them they are whatever they think they are. If God made you a male, you are a male, even if you think God made a mistake. Jesus said "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female?" (Matthew 19:4). Jesus does not add "or transgender, or bisexual, or lesbian or homosexual." Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock pastorsstudy.org
8 Comments
7/26/2017 07:19:20 am
Authorities whose truths the ELCA rejects:
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Dave from Minnesota
7/26/2017 12:25:23 pm
I suffered through the entire thing. Besides the anti-Christian dogma, it’s just weird and goofy. It’s like the ELCA is being taken over by 19 year old gender studies majors from Evergreen College. If this was 15 years ago, you’d say it’s from some weird cult.
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7/31/2017 05:17:15 am
With sin-approving "friends" like ELCA pastors and bishops, who needs enemies?
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John
7/27/2017 09:53:20 am
I also suffered through it. No mention of Jesus Christ in it -- no, it was All About Reggie. And Reggie's Pronouns. And Reggie's Comfort. And of course, the few obligatory God-name-droppings to keep up the charade that it still qualifies as church. Yes, the show must go on, pay no attention to the heretic behind the curtain...
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Sandy
7/30/2017 07:01:27 pm
I could barely make it through that horrible disgusting speech! How deceived these so-called pastors are and everyone who goes along with them.
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Dave from Minnesota
7/31/2017 03:12:36 pm
I'd like to hear from a psychologist type person on who is attracted to becoming ELCA clergy. Is it social justice warriors who want to change the world? In their own image? Why do they take whatever the newest pop culture trend is and decide to change the church's doctrine to match? I'm not talking about worship service trends, but actually changing what the church believes in.
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Marjorie Boyd
8/5/2017 04:42:00 pm
This is just one of the reasons that when my ALC church became ELCA I left my church.
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