Inconsistent Felicitations
@InFelicitations
Christian. American. Lutheran.
Dear Missouri Synod Lutherans: The pro-life line of “all life is sacred from conception to natural death” sounds great but contains a subtle Roman Catholic error. Genesis 9:6 (and also AC XVI) makes it clear that capital punishment is commanded by God. 🧵
Shit like this is why it's hard for me to care about the British Museum "stealing" relics.
The destruction of antiquities, arts, and culture in Syria is heartbreaking, in an attempt to erase Syria's 10,000-year-old cultural identity. No art, no music, no civilization, no future.
The purpose of a system being what it does, LCMS theology on women in the pulpit is that women are permitted to preach if: 1. they can say it wasn’t a divine service, and 2. they don’t call themselves pastors when they do it. That’s why NYG was fine and the Australians are not.
You’ll know how true this is when the name “Robert E. Smith” shows up in your comments
It is a law that no matter what avenue you use or how carefully you choose your words, those in power and their defenders will accuse you of doing it wrong so they won't have to deal with it.
If corporations are people, then they can and should be executed when they kill people
He also gets angry at pastors who practice closed communion. Especially in saltwater districts that are the bastions of faithful practice. 🧵
Shh, shh I'm getting new information. Harrison was in the room when they passed this resolution to enhance partnership with the organization that adopts children to gay men with a supermajority? For the purposes of bringing in even *more* immigrants? And he denounced whites…
The next Erin Brockovich will be about the leaked memos that prove Sig Sauer's decade's-long homicidal negligence. It's time for the corporate death penalty. Corporate personhood under law must be subject to the final sanction. Boeing deserves the same for the 737-MAX.
“We should elect good guys to fix the LCMS” is an understandable sentiment, but that was the game plan in the early 2000s. It didn’t work.
Don’t miss how much of the National Youth Gathering is driven by Boomer nostalgia. It’s why there are still “puppet ministries” out there.
If your LCMS congregation’s communion policy says anything along the lines of “members in good standing at an LCMS congregation are welcome to receive communion,” your church practices open communion and you are communing with many who openly revile God.
Facebook temperature check confirms most LCMS Youth Gathering outrage is over music, for days now. But a new challenger has entered the ring: females preaching from the stage.
LCMS pastor publicly disparages fellow LCMS pastor @RevMattRichard and accuses him of “profiting from outrage” for calling attention to Synod paying royalties to false teachers and failing to teach her youth their inherited hymnody.
If the LCMS believes there is only one office of public teaching and preaching and that all who are called to that office hold it, why do LCMS congregations issue calls to associate pastors to become senior pastors in the same congregation?
If you have a loved one whose health is starting to fail, know about this in advance. And if there’s a paki/pajeet doctor vulture pressuring you into organ donation, tell him to pound sand.
People on Twitter have been talking about premature organ harvesting for years. I’ll be honest, I thought it was a conspiracy theory. I was wrong. It’s real, and it’s horrific.
Any desire to raise the bar in any Christian setting is viewed as unChristian. Lower the bar as far as you like and you’re praised for being “authentic.” What happened to seeking to do all things with excellence unto the glory of God?
“Ladies and gentlemen, we’re about 30 minutes from landing so now is a good time to stow those electronic devices…” lol. lmao even.
inb4 the LCMS invents the office of subdeaconess
LCMS churches do not need the synod’s permission or institution to appoint their own deacons. You can just do things. (And if you care about such things, this is permitted under synodical polity and is done in many congregations already.)
Lutheranism is Catholic in all truth and Protestant against all error.
Behold, your LCMS youth indoctrination event, featuring such Lutheran distinctives as BLM organizations and encouraging women to enter into the preaching office.
Couple years ago, I compiled list of sermon titles from various denominations including LCMS. The ‘broken/ brokenness’ theme was in full swing. At some point, brokenness turned into burdens. Some even published outlandish things such as ‘some of us are burdened with homosexual…