Doing the Business of the Church
Andreas @ Sola Gratia's been tracking the ABC affair for quite some time - spending untold hours talking to people, writing articles about what he's learned, and doing his best to inform the church what's going on. In his latest article Andreas recounts the nuts and bolts of the ASC allegations that the District BOD... Continue Reading →
Every Sunday when a Lutheran takes communion the penitent may say something like this "I, a poor miserable sinner, do hereby confess that...." and the rattle off a list of all the various offences they've purportedly committed since the last time they took communion. I'm thinking that maybe that's the most Christian way out for... Continue Reading →
This article is reviewing a letter by District President Schaeffer to the members of the ABC District. Part 1 covered the introduction and the three major points of the letter, Part 2 covered the closing part of the letter, and this article will have some closing thoughts. Another small fact this letter leaves out is that the District President and... Continue Reading →
This article is reviewing a letter by District President Schaeffer to the members of the ABC District. Part 1 covered the introduction and the three major points of the letter, this article will address the closing paragraphs, and the concluding article will have some closing thoughts. In a complex financial situation as that faced by... Continue Reading →
In this blog I hammer a lot on the two kingdoms - the "left-hand kingdom" of secular authority granted by God and the "right-hand kingdom" which is the spiritual aspects of justice, righteousness, Christ's atoning work on the cross, grace, forgiveness, all which lead to either eternal life or eternal separation from God. Both of... Continue Reading →
We've all heard "fish stories" - tall tales where the teller must be exaggerating about the size of the fish they caught, how much they won the race by, how much money they made (and lost), and the like. The following may look like a fish tale. It is the cold, hard, truth. After some... Continue Reading →
From Alberta Lutheran Church investors eager for resolution in alleged securities violations By MADELINE SMITH StarMetro Calgary Mon., Aug. 13, 2018 CALGARY—Lutheran Church members in Alberta and B.C. are waiting for answers as the Alberta Securities Commission moves ahead with a hearing to examine accusations of misleading investors in a church-directed fund. The ASC has alleged that the... Continue Reading →
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in... Continue Reading →
On Jan 2015 when ABC District entered CCAA protection the world as LCC's membership knew it was turned upside down. In the time since then, the ABC District Task Force, the CEF Representative Action, and now the ASC have all painted the same picture in different ways - over the course of years District had misled church members... Continue Reading →
