On the link there is a video of a sermon he did. He’s supporting trans rights.
I can’t understand why people didn’t walk out.
As I said, because its an ELCA denomination. All the people who are conservative left long ago and are either in LC-MS, WELS, or a smaller conservative denomination.
“itching ears”.....wolves in sheep’s clothing, clouds without rain....all playing out in real time...watching the destruction of souls....shake the dust off your shoes...Never forget how Israel grumbled in the desert after being freed from Slavery. So much for human loyalty.
[[I can’t understand why people didn’t walk out.]]
Because they are almost completely unaware of scripture and its understanding. I was (of the American) Lutheran (church) and knew little, repeat: little, scripture.
I had a “covenant” assurance of salvation. Surely, all Lutherans will be saved. I am a Lutheran. Therefore, I will be saved.
Scripture teaches that individuals, not groups, will be judged. That started me to look...
I learned that being baptized as a baby was not scriptural. Scripture teaches that babies have done neither good nor evil. Additionally, I learned that the only scriptural baptism was immersion of adults.
I learned that each congregation, led by LOCAL elders was independent of all other congregations. There is no hierarchy. The organizational chart for the Lord’s church has every Christian of that congregation directly under the Lord who sits at the right hand of God. Elders are similarly connected directly to the Lord but with the additional charge to be the spiritual leaders (not rulers, not bosses) of the congregation.
Want to find the Lord’s church? Get out the Yellow Pages and eliminate any church that is governed by a hierarchy; mark those churches led by elders. Eliminate every church which baptizes babies and baptizes by pouring or sprinkling.
(May I include you in this?) (Time’s up.) If you and I were listening to Peter preach in Acts 2, we would have come to believe that Jesus is the son of God, we would gladly receive Peter’s teaching and we would have obeyed Peter’s command to repent and be baptized (Immersed) for the remission of sins. If we were with Philip and the eunuch in the chariot, we would have confessed our faith before Philip baptized us. If we were with Saul/Paul we would have heard Ananias tell us to be baptized and wash away our sins.
My assurance: I have done what Peter, Ananias and Philip commanded. Everyone they spoke with was saved, no doubt about it.
So why do Lutherans and many others hang in there as their congregations are on the slippery slope. They don’t know that they don’t know. Consequently, they are unaware that they could be “lost.”
You shall know the truth and the truth will make you free (from DECEPTION.)