Posted on 01/24/2019 2:40:07 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican
This is technically a blog, but it isn't my blog. I wasn't sure if I should excerpt it or not, so I didn't.
Life long LCMS with a son that is an LCMS pastor. I can say without hesitation the LCMS would not require an excerpt and would be glad to spread the message as far and wide as possible. We are about sharing the message of Jesus Christ not about blog hits
Did you see the homily on the March for life? We are not here to protest. We are here to confess Jesus Christ and our own sins (in a nutshell)
‘1 John 4:20, NIV: “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.”’
What can be more hateful than killing an unborn baby?
Thanks. I’ll remember that for future reference!
I did not. I’ll have to check that out.
Agreed. And then to dress it up as part of the evolution of the human race as Cuomo did.
Andrew Cuomo is an evil man.
In a country full of scary politicians, he has to be near the top.
I guess this illustrates the difference between Democrat Lite (Rauner) and Full Blown Democrate (Pritzker). Rauner failed to support pro life when he had the chance (many say because his wife intimadated him into backing down), whereas Pritzker proudly and happily supports the killing of unborn babies.
I sincerely hope they both end up in the same place, and are held to account for their decisions. It will probably not happen in this life but maybe in the next.
At least this will kill any future plans for him just like the insane rain tax did for Martin O’Malley
I expected a little more from Rauner, but he showed pretty early on a lack of courage and convictions. Pritzker doesn’t have them either, but he doesn’t need them. He’ll just be his jolly old self and sign off on any item of the “progressive” agenda that crosses his desk.
Proud LCMS since the early 90s. I am fed mightily from the Word of a God each Sunday. Last Sunday Pastor’s sermon was on marriage—real marriage and then prayers for the unborn.
Ping!
An outstanding statement from an extremely solid denomination for our era...Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
You folks who are searching, give this bible-based denomination a look-see.....but beware of the heretic liberal Lutheran synods such as the ELCA !
Leni
I attended my first LCMS service last week. It went well. Good sermon, solid doctrine, and some aside comments by the pastor were conservative, once politically and primarily theologically. What I liked most was he was simply expositing scripture.
Communion service was closed to us until we get with the pastor and discuss communion theology. That might be a bit. We live about an hour and 15 minutes away. If we move closer to the big city, we could well make that our church home.
My only hesitation was that my wife is a great lover of a praise time in the service. I don’t think the LCMS goes there too often. At least it didn’t seem that this church would.
Drown some Newborn Kittens in front of these Fourth Trimester Abortion Monsters and they would try and kill you.
Lutherans by-and-large are not revival tent-type folks, many of them like myself being of independent, no-frills, solid, stolid minds, LOL.....with lots and lots of them being of German-Lutheran/Scandinavian-Lutheran descent.
However, there are many programs for youth and adults offered inside the church premises during the week....you should find something you'd enjoy very much in every LCMS church across the fruited plain.......especially if you like good music of praise.
Lutherans hymnals have the best, most-loved hymns in the world, many written by Martin Luther himself. Music is and always has been key in this denomination.....I went to Lutheran grade school and Sunday School...and in first grade we were singing the complicated, multi-part "Hallelujah Chorus" with the adult choir in all the church's Christmas services....and we knew all the words by heart, also !
"A Mighty Fortress is Our God" (my favorite hymn in these troubled times)....by Martin Luther, 1527
Leni
Great report!
Yes, expositing scripture is what you can expect. It is really soul-nourishing.
Some LCMS congregations have a formal Divine Worship service with the classical liturgy, and also a praise and worship service, with not as much of the liturgy and no old hymn,s but a lot of praise songs. See if the church you tried out has a web site.
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