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um, no disrespect meant, but what are you talking about? of course we confirm women. we don't *ordain* women, but of course we confirm them - how else would women be able to take communion?

nobody Is Saying It Is To Be Legislated - In Fact We Said Quite The Opposite. Offer It Every Sunday And Those Who Do Not Wish To Partake do Not Have To Partake. why Is This So Hard For You To Understand????

VDMA - pm me your location and i will help you locate one....

no, and if anybody had asked for private distribution he would have done it gladly. exactly what is your point in asking this?

wow!!! congratulations and God's abundant blessings on your beautiful bundle of joy!!

well - the bible does recognize divorce - the 2 biblical reasons for divorce are abandonment and adultery. let's just say, there is a married couple, and the man cheats on his wife. she finds out, he apologizes, says it won't happen again, try to make their marriage work, but he just goes out...

and it seems to me your questions have been answered, you just don't like the answers you're being given....

we have Holy Communion every Sunday.

1. i am right. 2. if an LCMS pastor told you that, they are in error. unfortunately there are pastors in this synod that just aren't barking up the right tree. 3. when a person joins a congregation, and are a baptized, confirmed, communing member of the congregation, they are a MEMBER OF THE...

this is taken from lcms.org (the actual LCMS website): The Lutheran church derives its name from Martin Luther (1483-1546), an Augustinian monk whose posting of the 95 Theses on October 31, 1517, sparked the Reformation. The documents which present what Lutherans believe, teach and confess were...

no no no - don't ever feel bad about asking questions!! we are here to help you!! trust me, i get how hard it can be to wrap your brain around a lot of this!! ok, so - the whole "cardinal sin" thing is actually a RCC thing, that is something they teach, "cardinal sin" versus "mortal sin" and...

parogar, i think a question similar to this was asked in the other thread, and basically, what it boils down to is, whether you are going 2 miles over the speed limit or commit genocide on millions of people, they are all the same size sin to God. there is no "lesser" sin or "worse" sin, sin is...

actually, you are quite right. being gay, in and of itself, without action on it, is not a sin, per se. the sin is thinking about sex with one of the same sex (but that goes the same for a straight person who is not married - lust is lust, regardless of who or what the object is), and actually...

i heard a mormon say the same thing. and i thought it was just as odd to hear them say that back then as i do now.... if it wasn't for the Cross, we would have no salvation. period.

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click on this link: Church Year | Lectionary - The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod when you scroll down, there are tabs that say "Three Year Lectionary", "One Year (Historic) Lectionary", "Daily Lectionary", and "Collect of the Day" - click on the tab that says "One Year Historic Lectionary"...

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<edit> Parogar - honey, i have been following this thread from the beginning, and while i have not commented on a great many things here, i have been reading and following - i have a MAJOR soft spot in my heart for you (my nephew has asperger's) and i absolutely feel that the Holy Spirit is...

chapter and verse please...

parogar - i can tell you firsthand, that my 1st husband (he is deceased), EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY TIME we went to dinner and he ordered something that came on a very hot plate, he was told by the server "don't touch the plate, it's VERY HOT" - what was the FIRST THING HE DID, EVERY SINGLE TIME...