Posted on 09/02/2023 2:56:05 AM PDT by Morgana
Revs. Abel Arroyo (he/they) & Matt Zemanick (he/they) operate the podcast Chatoic Bisexual Text Study, which exists to “discuss the Bible and our times as Bi/Pan/Queer” folks. Both are ‘pastors’ within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) with Arroyo being the Assistant to the Bishop for Faith Formation & In-house Theologian for the Southwest California Synod, and Zemanick being the Program Director for the Lutheran Disaster Response, along with his other regular pastoral duties.
During a recent episode of their show, the two budding socialists claim that the gospel is not best summarized as “Jesus died for your sins” but rather “Don’t be a ****”
And like you were saying, like ‘Jesus died for our sins’ is not the best way to summarize the gospel. And I was just thinking, like, what would be a better way to summarize it, and I just keep thinking, ‘just don’t be a dick. Don’t be a dick, Jesus says,’ Like, period. Like, you know what I mean?
..I think it’s important to name that, right? Women, queer people, the environment, labor laws, all of those things align with the gospel. And like, in a world where God created plants and animals and all sorts of delicious things, now we’re being told oh, you need to pay $12 for a pound of chicken. You know what I mean? Like, if that doesn’t make you want to revolt…
Later, when asked what the gospel is for him, Zemanick responds:
“Oh, goodness. ‘Be a whistleblower, you’re free!’ That’s it. Or like as (unintelligible) would say, ‘Evil devours itself. Live like it.” Or like…”be free, people resent you, but you’re free.”
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The Soviet Union tried to do science without God. It did not work out well.
They use like a lot. Sort of like a teenage girl.
Or like...a beatnik, man!
The apostle Paul wrote to kick people out of church if they encourage sexual immorality.
“Riiiiiiight.”
When I was young .... I had questions about hell ..
I had a hard time understanding the concept
but as I have grown older ... and I have seen more ..
and have watched the depravity of man , and the evil in his heart.... well ....
I get it now.
Christianity is not a religion of actions. It is a religion of intent.
ELCA is happy to follow TEC on the road to oblivion. Both organizations will be unrecognizable, if they exist at all, within most our lifetimes.
Which is kinda ironic, because they both really love D***, and have built their whole existence around using them in ways that the bible frowns upon.
I belong to an ELCA church and am sick to see what these losers have done to my church
“Both are ‘homo pastors’ within the Evangelical Lutheran Church”
Fixed it. And I would not have your kids anywhere near a youth group affiliated with them.
That’s right.
They need milestones placed on their necks so we can toss them into the sea 🌊.
That’s correct, they are Christian in name only.
They’re fortunate enough not to be thrown off a tall building like in the Middle East.
There’s always the LCMS
Something about turning from sound doctrine and listening to whatever tickles their ears, is popping up in my head.
Just come on. Does anyone actually read their Bibles anymore?
And Catholics get accused of Mariolatry. (I’m sorry; I’ll leave now.)
So- he rejects christ saving man and espouses man saving hi self I stead obviously.
The message of the good news is that christ died for our sins! It is not “be nice and you can save yourself”
A terrible fate awaits false prophets.
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