Watch this ELCA Lutheran bishop promote the acceptance of transgenderIsm

Watch this ELCA Lutheran bishop promote the acceptance of transgenderism

12/26/2022

(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 video below, the bishop of the Lower Susquehanna Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America makes a plea that Lutherans should become allies of the transgender movement. Lately the ELCA teaching seems to be that men who identify as women don’t need to repent, we who believe something is wrong with that do.

The ELCA used to be liberal, now it is radically so. If you are still a member, it is way past time to leave for a more biblical denomination.

In Christ,

Pastor Tom Brock

4 Comments

MartyLyles link

12/26/2022 05:58:48 pm

Thank you for all you do through Christ. I have left the ELCA and have found an NALC Church. Go green book!

Marty

Didaskalos link

12/26/2022 09:52:48 pm

God's creations or self-creations? An ELCA that has long since spurned the Bible to mollify the world has chosen the latter. Worshiping and serving the self-deifying creature rather than the Creator is the foundational doctrine of the ELCAnite religion.

'Gender theory and the doctrine of creation'

-- https://wng.org/opinions/gender-theory-and-the-doctrine-of-creation-1654516266

". . . Transgenderism is one expression of an underlying attitude that manifests itself in many ways, namely, the conviction that ideal human life is an act of self-creation. To be authentically human thus means to will one’s own identity. If one is comfortable in the biological sex in which one was born, then fine. But if not, then biology must bow before the sovereignty of the will.

In the West, classical philosophy stemming from Plato and Aristotle came together with the Biblical doctrine of creation to affirm a different ideal of what it means to be authentically human. To be happy, humans need to bow before the sovereignty of the good.

The “good” is primarily God and the way God has designed and created us. The source of our being (God) contains the clue to our purpose, and only by knowing and seeking that purpose can we be happy.

Many Christians instinctively know that there is something wrong with gender theory. Still, some don’t necessarily understand that at the most basic level, it is really a clash between affirming that we are God’s creatures versus affirming that we are self-creators. The reason this is so important is that if God designs men and women, then the only way that we can find our true identity and experience true happiness is by submitting our wills to the design of the Creator. And if God created our bodies, He speaks to us through them.

Christians teach that we should submit to God’s design because we owe obedience and gratitude to the Creator. But a secondary reason is that only by doing so can we find the true meaning of our lives and true happiness. The interest of the Creator and the creature ultimately coincide.

This is one of the deepest and most important implications of the Biblical doctrine of creation. It is not just about whether or not God did something back in the beginning to get it all started. It is also about our true identity. Are we accidents? Or are we the way we are for a reason? Are our bodies just leftover byproducts from our animal past? Or are they part of God’s image in us?

At the end of the day, it comes down to who is the Creator and who is the creature."

Rebecca

12/27/2022 12:02:42 pm

I can tell you who has anxiety and depression. Listening to these poor deluded souls makes me that way! Jesus did not cater to wrong ideas, but gave a way to escape their misery. I think these so called ministers are in worse spiritual shape that the people they want to "love".

Didaskalos link

12/28/2022 07:14:13 am

The ELCA bishop states, "We have hope in God's power through community to address the overwhelming brokenness in our world."

The ELCA clergy are apostles for the brokenness. ELCA pastors/bishops don't serve God in the least when, among other heresies and apostasies, their rebellious insolence includes denying God's very creation.

Anthony Esolen writes:
“What an offense it is against the beauty showered upon us by the Creator who made us male and female in the beginning, to mutilate the body and mar the face, all in the vain pretense that we can do the impossible!

“The lie gnaws at the soul, hollowing it out. And what about those who stand by to witness it? They see that you do not really believe what both nature and the word of God say. They conclude that you are a coward, a fool, or a hypocrite. Go evangelize the world that way. Your very children will believe the lie. But God will brook no excuses. “I tell you,” says the Lord, “on the day of judgment men will render account for every idle word they utter” (Matt. 12:36).

Speak the truth, always.”

[ Forbidden Lies: Speaking Truth About the Sexes Is Not Optional
-- https://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=33-01-003-e ]

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