[lightman]

"You can bet your life that God will be faithful to God's promise, because God bet the life of Jesus on God's faithfulness, and in Christ we live and lead,

++Mark, I am confused. You speak of "God" and you speak of "Jesus" as though they were seperate and distinct entities.

Are they related?

How are they related?

Are they related in a way with which we might identify...like a Father and Son?

[lightman]

Lutheran (EL C S*A) Ping!

* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.

Be rooted in Christ!

[javachip]

"Do we want to say to God that we expect past and present trends to continue? Somehow I think God has much higher expectations of us and for us than that," he told the council.

Amazing. Hanson recognizes membership, attendance and giving all falling, but offers no solutions, no change, nothing that will reverse those trends.

What isn't in this statement is Hanson's answer to "What can God expect from the ELCA?"
More of the same. More 'social justice' trumping the Gospel. More of 'God needs to change to fit human society', not the other way around.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Hey kids! It’s time for Rev. Mark’s Q&A time:

Q: What can God expect from the ELCA?
A: Apostasy and assorted satanic lies.

Q: What can the ELCA expect from its leaders?
A: The same as anyone else being led about by the blind.

Q: What should the (ELCA) church expect from God?
A: Judgement. The Book of Revelations discusses the Great Whore.

Well, that’s all the Most High Rev. Mark has time for. See you next time His Markness files a report with the High Poobas in the ELCA Council.

[Honorary Serb]

.....What can God expect from the ELCA?....

A continued, and accelerating EXODUS!!!!

After all, it is God who is inspiring this exodus!!!!

[MinuteGal]

"You can bet your life that God will be faithful to God's promise, because God bet the life of Jesus on God's faithfulness, and in Christ we live and lead."

Huh?

A zany headlong descent into the kiddy pool of feel-good social gospel....with lots of new-age psycho-babble bubbles bouncing around for frothy fun.

Leni

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

I wish they would drop the Lutheran from their name; I’m sickened every time I drive by one of these left wing social activist religious sites.

[rhema]

Are they related in a way with which we might identify...like a Father and Son?

Admitting that would require the ELCA to use loathsome pronouns like He, Him, and His.