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* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
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Posted on 11/04/2013 3:18:02 PM PST by EveningStar
AUSTIN — Nadia Bolz-Weber bounds into the University United Methodist Church sanctuary like a superhero from Planet Alternative Christian. Her 6-foot-1 frame is plastered with tattoos, her arms are sculpted by competitive weightlifting and, to show it all off, this pastor is wearing a tight tank top and jeans.
Looking out at the hundreds of people crowded into the pews to hear her present the gospel of Jesus Christ, she sees: Dockers and blazers. Sensible shoes. Grandmothers and soccer moms. Nary a facial piercing.
To Bolz-Weber’s bafflement, this is now her congregation: mainstream America.
These are the people who put her memoir near the top of the New York Times bestseller list the week it came out in September. They are the ones who follow her every tweet and Facebook post by the thousands, and who have made the Lutheran minister a budding star for the liberal Christian set.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Maybe dumping the tattoo taboo was a mistake ...
Sadly, I do understand why they would; wisdom and discernment are double edged swords. This generation is embracing a foul and corrupted Gospel. It reeks of The Father of Lies.
Seriously, dudes, is that a female or an ugly transsexual?
A quote from the one who is in line for a mill stone to be tied to her neck and cast into the sea:
“I never experience God in camping or trees or nature. I hate nature,” she told the Austin crowd as she paced the stage. “God invented takeout and duvets for a reason.”
I understand what you are saying. :)
* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
Be rooted in Christ!
Bolz-Weber is the rising starlet of the ELCA.
This recovering alcoholic was the keynote speaker at the most recent ELCA National Youth Gathering.
Could be of interest to you.
The Washington compost is a sewer ... the “Style Section” is the second most foul and unnatural part thereof (Editorial Page is the worst ... right down there with Pravda under Stalin).
Last National Youth Gathering was in NOLA....appropriate setting for someone who could pass for a voodoo priestess.
yep- I will call her for what she is:
False priest
abomination before GOD
she recruits the stupid-ignorant masses to curse
God,Christ,and the saints-
The ELCA PAYS her to do this Stuff-
ALL ELCA Lutherans may be at risked to losing their
eternal soul to Hell
WaPo isn’t the only media outlet reporting on her. See posts 37 @ 39.
She is an anti-Christian and a leftist, of course the media loves her.
Oops. Make that 37 & 39.
The first thing to evaluate is not her appearance...although she makes it hard not to. But rather, does she proclaim Christ? Does her preaching focus on cultural relevance?...Wrong focus. Does it focus on doing good works?...Wrong focus. Does it focus on us and how we can learn to feel good about ourselves because God loves us and has a special plan for our lives?....Wrong focus.
Dear Nadia. You are not the focus. We are not the focus. This world is not the focus. The axis upon which the world turns is the cross of Christ. Elevate him. Reveal him. Open up his word and proclaim him from Genesis to Revelation.
I watched her presentation on YouTube. If you haven’t seen it, its worth seeing live. She’s the real deal.
On the social justice front, I’m pretty sure I don’t agree with her much at all, but she’s dead on in terms of the fact that God wants ALL of us, the good and bad parts, and they ALL redound to the fulfillment of His will.
as long as her followers do the opposite of what she says
I think she’d have a problem with the idea that she has ‘followers’.
This is what you took away from actually watching what she had and has to say? Reason I ask is that my knee-jerk reaction to her upon seeing her and hearing some out of context stuff is the same as yours.
I think she could draw people to God that other people would have no success in ever getting them to even entertaining the notion of God. Along those lines, she is tilling the same fields every Christian is called to till.
Last lines of her presentation to an ELCA youth summit this year was, “Your parents thought that getting having an alcoholic, drug-addicted, promiscuous, foul-mouthed person talk to you about God is no a good idea. Your parents would be right, however . . . .”
Historically, compared to the actions of Saul of Tarsis, Moses, David, and Solomon, Nadia Bolz-Webber’s issues are MINOR.
Saul had Christians killed by the bushel. Moses had committed murder just before God called him and his brother to lead his people. Moses was so stupid in his responses to God that God assured him that Aaron would be doing the talking. David killed one of his best soldiers to sleep with his wife. Solomon took up Baal worship to please a girlfriend (this after having built the temple).
She’s worthy of consideration.
Dyke Alert!
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