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I grew up in the Lutheran Church and to be honest, I can't remember the name of the original faithful old German Lutheran Church in which I grew up. Then it eventually became the American Lutheran Church and it was still ok.

THEN they merged with some other Lutheran synods in 1988 and formed the ELCA. This is when the real trouble started. We left I think in 1992 for the far more conservative Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

One day I stopped at the nearby Missouri Synod church and went in and talked to the pastor. I told him I had two main concerns. The first one was if the LCMS belongs to the NCC. He assured me they did not. Then I asked him if they had an official policy on abortion and he again said they have an official policy against it.

That was before the issue of homosexuality became as large an issue as it is now.

Anyway, we left the ELCA for the LCMS and have been richly rewarded for it ever since.

Our Bible studies are based on scripture. The past two weeks we have spent two hours studying the history and how languages have influenced the Athanasian Creed. Before it was boring repetition. It no longer is boring repetition.

Regarding the issue of gay marriage, one day the pastor held up the Bible and said that it comes down to what we believe about that book--is it the inerrant Word of God, or not? It's that simple.