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    Retired California Bishop Takes Pope's Invitation to Speak His Mind

    Sounds like be means to say that outside of the Roman Catholic church most church bodies do not have calls sacraments and thus says that these things are only offered under the guise of sacraments, since they are not really sacraments to begin with.
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    Retired California Bishop Takes Pope's Invitation to Speak His Mind

    My point was that I think a lot of what you just said came completely out of left field.
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    your commitment to lutheranism

    My Church is called "Lutheran Church of the Good Sheppard" and it is a LCMS Church. I think its either going on a year or has already passed the year mark, I can't really remember. I like that it is Liturgical, Confessional, and Sacramental. I do not like that they might occasionally sing a...
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    Retired California Bishop Takes Pope's Invitation to Speak His Mind

    What? I don't even know where to start...but...WHAT?
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    Retired California Bishop Takes Pope's Invitation to Speak His Mind

    *squints at screen* this IS the Catholic forum right?
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    Devotions and other such things

    seems like it has a lot of good stuff in it!
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    Fall Reading List for Lutherans

    I'm in the middle of very slowly reading The Hammer of God. College has seen to it that I don't make as much progress as I would like.
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    Devotions and other such things

    Just wondering what my fellow Lutherans do for devotionals or even small home chapples of sorts? What do you read? do you do specific prayers at specific times of a day? anyone willing to show pictures of your study or home chapple (I'm sure chapple is the wrong word.....I'm looking for a...
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    Prayers

    Will pray
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    What emotions does the church bell sound evoke in you?

    I really enjoy the sound of Church bells, and it wasn't until my family moved out of town and further into the wilds of Vermont that I realized I miss them.
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    New To Lutheranism

    I think almost anyone would certainly recommend picking up the Book of Concord for a fantastic source of Lutheran Theology. I second Tangibles recommendation for the Spirituality of the Cross and I do believe he is actually the reason why I initially picked up that book a few years ago lol...
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    Third use of the Law

    Can someone explain it to me please?
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    It was a long time coming

    It is a sort of long Journey, and I will attempt to relate it to you but I find that when I try to do so I always end up mucking up the story and it gets bogged down so forgive me if that happens. When I was a young kid, about 11 years old I fell away from the faith and I began on a very...
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    It was a long time coming

    I'm also pretty sure my first communion will be on the midnight Christmas Eve service.
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    It was a long time coming

    I have to drive just a little over an hour to get to my Church but I am so happy here.
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    It was a long time coming

    But I'm finally a Lutheran! :clap:
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    Applying for Jobs

    I sent in an application to Comcast for the CommTech 1 job (basically the dude that drives around and installs the cable. It is an entry level position, so please pray that I will be considered for the job. I'm also going to apply for Cabinet Maker apprentice so pray for that as well (to be...
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    The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?

    All bishops are exorcists so.........yes the bishop of Rome is an exorcist lol, no big deal.
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    Free Masons

    The heads of the lodges up in my state are called "Worshipful masters" ............