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 →
One tidbit - Luther thought he was starting an academic debate. God had other plans... Originally from "Augsburg Catholic" https://www.facebook.com/augsburgcatholic/photos/a.977099025772620/1132268086922379/?type=3&permPage=1 https://www.facebook.com/augsburgcatholic/photos/a.977099025772620/1132268086922379/?type=3&permPage=1
With respect to the District President's letter asking to wait for "all the facts" before forming an opinion: https://twitter.com/netgrace_org/status/1032780491328548864 Grace stands for "Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment." From their "About Us/Mission" page: The mission of GRACE is to empower the Christian community through education and training to recognize, prevent, and respond to... Continue Reading →
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and... Continue Reading →
The following letter was written by ABC District President Schaeffer to the members of the ABC District. The timeline of events referenced in this letter is as follows: June 27, 2018 - the ASC publishes a notice of hearing August 13, 2018 - the hearing is held to establish that service had been properly done and... 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 →
In LCC's Pollution Confusion I discussed how using the passage from Numbers to advocate against polluting the oceans was a confusion of the two kingdoms and had little if anything in common with the pollution World Oceans Day was intended to address. After the article was posted I got some pushback "What would you do?" and I'd... Continue Reading →
Recently LCC posted the following article to their Facebook group in honor of #WorldOceansDay https://www.facebook.com/lutheranchurch.canada/photos/a.448431991922194.1073741825.307839245981470/1583446091754106/?type=3 If you take a close look at the bottom you'll see a quote of Numbers 35:33. If you were the curious type like me you might wonder how this passage connects to World Oceans Day. Here's Numbers 35:30-34 with Numbers 35:33 in... Continue Reading →
