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Twelve worst ELCA Lutheran heresies of 2022

12/28/2022

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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.)
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If I had to pick the very worst moment of the year 2022, I might pick one that I did not list below, namely, when head bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America went to the White House to advocate for abortion rights. Or, it might be when she produced yet another gay pride video promoting the LGBTQAI+ agenda.

Below are 12 of the worst moments of the year for ELCA Lutherans:

January: ELCA’s first transgender bishop reads storybook she wrote to help children accept transgenderism

February: The national church council of the ELCA affirms “gender-non-binary, gender-fluid, women, men and other genders”

March: Canadian Lutheran pastor: Jesus did not die for our sins and God the Father needs to step down for sexually assaulting Mary

April: “Openly queer” preacher at ELCA’s Luther Seminary embraces his bisexuality, and thus experiences “resurrection”

May: Radically liberal Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago is forced to sell off its buildings

June: Roe v. Wade is overturned and head ELCA bishop urges Lutherans to advocate for abortion rights

July: ELCA’s Living Lutheran magazine says to use LGBT pronouns or people may kill themselves

August: ELCA’s national assembly practices Native American smudging and praying to the four winds

September: ELCA’s United Theological Seminary hosts “out and proud” transgender advocate, saying “she is a father…”

October: ELCA Lutheran lesbian bishop sings “Homosexual is not in the Bible”

November: “Brazenly queer” male professor at Pacific Lutheran University says “I will wear skirts and blouses when I preach in chapel”

December: More attacks on God the Father from Living Lutheran magazine article: God language needs to be inclusive “of all genders and no gender”

The above heresies abound not just in the ELCA, but also in the United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church in America, the Presbyterian Church USA, the United Methodists, the Disciples of Christ, and the Reformed Church in America.

In spite of all this darkness, this week let us praise God that He sent His Son into the world to save us from the craziness and destructiveness of sin. Jesus is the only light of the world and He offers forgiveness of sins and eternity in heaven for all who will put their trust in him.

May you have a wonderful Christmas celebrating our new-born King, Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

Merry Christmas!

Pastor Tom Brock

PS. For more details on all the above items, page through my articles on this Facebook page


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Didaskalos link
12/29/2022 08:11:34 am

If you're a confessional Christian, ELCA member, resolve this new year of 2023 to leave the ELCA and find a church that preaches Law and Gospel, both for your own sake and for the sake of those whom the world and godless churches like the ELCA are leading toward eternal destruction.

'Church and culture: A call to repentance'
-- https://reporter.lcms.org/2022/church-and-culture-a-call-to-repentance/

[. . .] The socio-economic, psychological and even spiritual devastation caused by the decline of the nuclear family is devastating. The church is a welcome home for all of us sinners and must always be a place of compassion for hurting people, but the compassion must be formed by the Word of God.

Why are people suffering? Why such vast confusion? St. Paul lays it out clearly in Romans. The cause is sin, especially the grand sin of the rejection of the Creator, His creation and His law. It’s no wonder that the bishop of our Finnish partner church was prosecuted by the Finnish state for hate crimes, in part for producing a pamphlet that quoted the first chapter of Romans:

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation. … So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools. …

"They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator. … God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another. …

"And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless." (Rom. 1:18–32)

Paul does not limit his accusations to matters of sex. He hits the culture head on. He also condemns all of our sins of deed and thought. Christians recognize their own sins. Jesus’ call to repentance is for all: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 3:2).

Thanks be to God, Paul delivered the Gospel in the same opening chapter of Romans: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” (Rom. 1:16).

So long as we are the church, we shall humbly preach this message of Law and Gospel for the eternal salvation of all who hear and believe. Indeed, we all suffer from our sin, and the church is always a place for sinners, of whom “I am chief.”

Descartes was wrong. It is not “I think, therefore I am.” It is, “I have a Creator and Redeemer, therefore I am.”

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Def
12/31/2022 04:24:21 am

I attend an ELCA church in KY and thankfully, there hasn't been a sign of this woke nonsense for 3 years. We are still a conservative body of mostly older people. Our pastor is also older in his mid 60s. I also cannot remain Lutheran if I leave this church as there isn't another one for 50 miles. I just might make a motion for the church to leave ELCA though. Before I moved here I was at a strong LCMS church in FL so I am familiar with a good law and gospel sermon too.

Thank you for your work, it is important.

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Marty Lyles link
12/29/2022 12:06:59 pm

Members of the above 7 church denominations are mentally confused. Seven? Hmmmm

Marty

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Dave Stempson
12/31/2022 10:58:20 am

Having left the ELCA over 10 years ago when the ELCA voted to allow same sex marriages to be performed and pastors to be gay I knew it would only get worse and boy has it! Our Pastor also began questioning the Bible as the word of God. This was the final straw. By the way I first began questioning ELCA when they removed Christian church for Catholic Church (I know the meaning of catholic) and it turns out this was the beginning of the end of ELCA as I knew it for almost 80 years.
We left for LCMS and have never looked back. We are all Bible based without any of the social baggage of the ELCA! We left friends but our faith and biblical teaching was more important and it has been so wonderful for our faith.

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Nancy link
1/2/2023 12:48:11 pm

Praise God you have left the ELCA. We also left and are with the LCMC and so thankful. Our Pastor speaks on Law and Gospel and ever word of the Bible is true.

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